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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank D Collins, Boulder, CO (US);
Jack Lile, Boulder, CO (US);
Susan Becktesh, Boulder, CO (US);
Tadahiko Kohno, Louisvillle, CO (US);
Drizislav Mismer, deceased, late of Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530404 ; 530412 ; 530402 ;
Abstract
This invention describes processes for producing mature human members of the NGF/BDNF family of neurotrophic proteins that are fully biologically active. In addition, the gene encoding human BDNF and human BDNF are disclosed. A previously-unreported member of the NGF/BDNF family of neurotrophic proteins, NGF-3, has been identified and a portion of the gene encoding for the NGF-3 has been described.