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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:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul A Luciw, Davis, CA (US);
Ellen E Sparger, Dixon, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; A61K / ; C12Q / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435236 ; 4241921 ; 4242081 ; 435-5 ; 4351723 ; 536 231 ;
Abstract
This invention discloses live-attenuated feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and recombinant vectors for producing them, useful as vaccines and therapeutic agents against FIV and diseases associated with virulent FIV infection. In the recombinant vectors and FIVs, one or more genes, or part of the gene(s), responsible for FIV pathogenesis have been completely or partially rendered nonfunctional, e.g., by full or partial deletion or mutagenesis. These anti-FIV vaccines may be given to susceptible hosts in the form of infectious virus or cloned DNA.