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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. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cynthia Ann Tripp, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Glenn Robert Frank, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Robert B Grieve, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Assignees:
Heska Corporation, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 237 ; 4241841 ; 4241851 ; 4242651 ; 530350 ; 5503871 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an isolated protein comprising a filariid p22U protein. In a preferred embodiment, the filariid p22U protein selectively binds to immune serum which is derived from an animal that is immune to infection by Dirofilaria immitis. Such an animal can be immunized with a composition comprising third and/or fourth stage Dirofilaria immitis larvae. In a preferred embodiment, the filariid p22U protein is a Dirofilaria protein.