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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Kinders, Woodinville, WA (US);
David L Enfield, Bothell, WA (US);
G Michael Hass, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Bard Diagnostic Sciences, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435-723 ; 436 63 ; 436 64 ; 436813 ;
Abstract
Methods of screening for or treating cancer are disclosed. The screening methods are based on the detection of an antigen, or a nucleic acid molecule encoding the antigen, found by the present invention to be associated with the presence of cancer. Preferred embodiments of the methods include detection of the antigen based on immunological properties, physical properties, enzymatic properties and combinations thereof, or detection of a nucleic acid molecule encoding the antigen based on nucleic acid amplification.