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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:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans Lilja, S-23600 Hollviken, SE;
Ulf-Hang.kan Stenman, SF-02700 Grankulla, FI;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435226 ; 435219 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a protein that can form complexes with proteinase inhibitors such as .alpha..sub.1 -antichymotrypsin. The invention is characterized in that the measurement of the ratio of free PSA to PSA bound to proteinase inhibitors (free PSA:PSA-proteinase inhibitor complex) is useful in the diagnosis of patients with prostate cancer.