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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keting Chu, Burlingame, CA (US);
David Pot, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435194 ; 435-6 ; 435-71 ; 435 29 ; 435 941 ; 435183 ; 536 232 ;
Abstract
A novel kinase has been identified which phosphorylates I.kappa.B. Reagents which inhibit this kinase can be used as therapeutic tools to inhibit inflammation. The kinase can also be used as a target for drug screening to identify anti-inflammatory compounds.