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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:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jian Chen, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Paul J. Godowski, Burlingame, CA (US);
William I. Wood, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Dong-Xiao Zhang, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genentech, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/520 ; C07K 1/4555 ; A61K 3/821 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/520 ; C07K 1/4555 ; A61K 3/821 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a novel human interferon-&egr;, originally designated PRO655, and its variants and derivatives. The novel interferon is related to but distinct from members of the IFN-&agr; family and from IFNs-&bgr; and -&ggr;. Nucleic acid encoding the novel polypeptide, and methods and means for their recombinant production are also included.