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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:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Naoki Kajiyama, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Kikkoman Corporation, Noda, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12Q / ; A63J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435189 ; 435-8 ; 530417 ;
Abstract
A purified protein having a molecular weight of 40 kD by SDS-PAGE that produces firefly luciferin when combined with D-cysteine and firefly oxyluciferin and isolated from firefly species is provided, as well as methods of making and using the protein for the continuous regeneration of of firefly luciferin.