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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. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hugo O Jauregui, Providence, RI (US);
Jin Liu, Barrington, RI (US);
Assignee:
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435325 ; 623 12 ;
Abstract
The invention features a virally-immortalized mammalian hepatocyte, which is derived from a normal liver cell, has differentiated hepatocyte-specific metabolic activity, has the ability to proliferate, and is nontumorigenic after prolonged culture.