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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:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Gunnar Lindahl, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 235 ; 536117 ; 435 693 ; 435101 ; 4353201 ; 4242441 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a new protein, designated Rib, and subfragments, multiples or variants thereof, which confers protective immunity against infection with many group B streptococcal strains, in particular those of serotype III. The invention includes a procedure for purification of the protein, a procedure for preparation of highly specific antibodies, a reagent kit, a DNA sequence encoding the protein and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the protein or fragments or variants thereof.