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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kaoru Miyazaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 23 ; 435-4 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a .beta.AP decomposing agent or a medicine for preventing and curing Alzheimer's disease, which contains, as the active ingredient, gelatinase A, a limited decomposate of gelatinase A, progelatinase A, a complex to which any of them has bonded or a material containing any of them. .beta.AP is a substance which is considered to cause Alzheimer's disease.