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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:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Schneider, Cordast, CH;
Ronald G Thurman, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Novartis Nutrition AG, Berne, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424442 ; 514 42 ; 514 44 ; 514 45 ; 514554 ; 514663 ; 562512 ; 562553 ; 424439 ;
Abstract
A method for treating a human having elevated tumor necrosis factor levels by administrating an effective amount of one of the amino acids glycine, alanine, or serine.