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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. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Desmond Mascarenhas, San Rafael, CA (US);
Yang Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pamela S Olson, Cupertino, CA (US);
David R Olsen, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Pedro A Carrillo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Celtrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 697 ; 4352523 ; 4353201 ; 530350 ; 536 234 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to the use of IL-1-like fusion polypeptides to increase the solubility and activity of recombinant polypeptides. The invention includes a nucleic acid encoding a fusion polypeptide comprising an interleukin-1-like polypeptide and a polypeptide of interest and the method of using such a nucleic acid to produce recombinant fusion polypeptides.