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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. 26, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey N Weiser, Merion, PA (US);
Assignee:
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C12P / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242561 ; 4242001 ; 435 691 ; 435 693 ; 530350 ; 536 231 ; 536 237 ;
Abstract
Opacity associated proteins and DNA encoding the same are provided by the present invention. Opacity associated proteins are membrane proteins of H. influenzae which are useful as immunogens in vaccines against infection by H. influenzae. Recombinant cells transformed with DNA encoding opacity associated proteins and vectors encoding the same are also provided and are useful in and for the preparation of vaccines against H. influenzae infection. Antibodies against opacity associated proteins are also described. Methods of detecting H. influenzae in a sample and methods of immunizing mammals against H. influenzae are also provided.