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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. 22, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
S Ashraf Imam, N. Hollywood, CA (US);
Clive R Taylor, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435334 ; 435346 ; 436548 ; 53038822 ; 5303882 ; 5303891 ; 530809 ; 935 89 ; 935 95 ; 935104 ;
Abstract
A cell-surface glycoprotein, termed luminal epithelial antigen, having a molecular weight of 135 Kd and which is present in normal mammary epithelial cell lines but not in malignant epithelial cell lines. A monoclonal antibody directed against said luminal epithelial antigen. Use of the monoclonal antibody in a diagnostic assay for the early identification of patients with high risk of developing breast cancer and in a prognostic assay for the prediction of recurrence of breast cancer in patients.