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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:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tse Wen Chang, Houston, TX (US);
Nancy T Chang, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tanox Biosystems, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241851 ; 5303872 ; 53038873 ; 530300 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of using a peptide which has the sequence of epitopes which are present on B cell-bound but not secreted IgA. This induces production of the antibody itself. These extracellular peptide segments form, entirely or in part, antigenic epitopes unique to membrane-bound but not secreted IgA.