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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:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert P Kimberly, Closter, NJ (US);
Jane E Salmon, New York, NY (US);
Jeffrey C Edberg, Englewood, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 912 ; 536 243 ; 536 2433 ; 935-6 ; 935 77 ; 935 78 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for determining whether a patient has a predisposition to develop severe forms of autoimmune disease. The method involves determining whether the Fc.gamma. receptor allelic pattern of the patient corresponds most closely to known Fc.gamma. receptor allelic patterns of patients having no autoimmune disease, mild autoimmune disease, or severe autoimmune disease. The invention also encompasses methods for determining if a patient has a predisposition to infection by certain encapsulated bacteria.