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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:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicki J Vasquez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dorit Ron, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anna F Voronova, San Bruno, CA (US);
Eugene W Napolitano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Terrapin Technologies, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 15 ; 435-6 ; 435-78 ; 435 29 ;
Abstract
Modulators of the immune system can be identified by determining the ability of candidate substances to affect the interaction of PKC-theta or a fragment thereof with its cognate. The interaction can be measured using binding of the cognate as an index, or can be measured using a physiological response.