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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:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tariq Ghayur, Grafton, MA (US);
Lorraine M. McGuinness, Peabody, MA (US);
Assignee:
BASF AG, Worchester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3573 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3573 ;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to non-naturally occurring cells and methods for screening compositions and genes which interact with interleukin 1 beta and interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE) processing, methods and non-naturally occurring cells for making ICE, and agonists and inhibitors of ICE.