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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:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
May. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Patricia A Bacha, Hollis, NH (US);
Assignee:
Seragen, Inc., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C12P / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241831 ; 4241981 ; 4241931 ; 42419511 ; 514 12 ; 514 21 ; 435 697 ; 5303873 ; 53038822 ; 5303888 ; 5303917 ;
Abstract
The invention features a method for treating a patient having inflammatory arthritis, the method includes administering to the patient a molecule which is capable of specifically binding to an epidermal growth factor receptor expressed on a cell of the patient which contributes to the inflammatory arthritis of the patient, the molecule being capable of decreasing the viability of the cell.