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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur S Polans, Portland, OR (US);
Krzysztof Palczewski, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436518 ; 435-723 ; 436 64 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
A composition useful in a method for diagnosing cancer-associated retinopathy including the steps of acquiring a purified aliquot of 26 kDa protein, and, utilizing the protein, or a unique fragment thereof, to perform a patient-serum assay to identify in a sample of a patient's serum the presence of autoantibodies to the 26 kDa protein autoantigen.