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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:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Warren J Simpson, Hamilton, MT (US);
T G Schwan, Hamilton, MT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; A61K / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242631 ; 4242341 ; 4241841 ; 4241851 ; 530350 ; 435 691 ; 435 693 ; 435 711 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to antigenic proteins specific to Borrelia burgdorferi which have a molecular weight of 28 kDa or 39 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE and are reactivity with Lyme borreliosis serum or fragments thereof and to the corresponding DNA. The proteins, especially the 39 kDa proteins (.alpha. and .beta.) can be used to diagnosis mammals previously or currently infected with the Lyme borreliosis causing agent.