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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:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Karl Burnham, Horsham, GB;
Ian Chopra, Guildford, GB;
Ian Alfred Critchley, Crawley, GB;
David Justin Knowles, Reigate, GB;
Assignee:
Smithkline Beecham p.l.c., Brentford, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241901 ; 4242341 ; 4242431 ; 530300 ; 530350 ; 536 237 ;
Abstract
A monoclonal antibody (Mab), or a fragment thereof, that binds to one or more epitopes of a matrix binding protein and an isolated D1-D4 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO. 6, 7, and 8) from a Staphylococcus aureus Fbp and their use in the prevention of adhesion of bacteria, in particular gram positive bacteria, to extracellular matrix proteins on in-dwelling devices or to matrix proteins in wounds.