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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. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jay A. Berzofsky, Bethesda, MD (US);
Jeffrey D. Ahlers, Kensington, MD (US);
C. David Pendleton, Bethesda, MD (US);
Peter Nara, Frederick, MD (US);
Mutsunori Shirai, Kagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/921 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/921 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to peptides of the HIV-1 envelope protein presenting multiple immune determinants. The peptide elicits both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses in mice having a variety of MHC types. In other embodiments, the invention is directed to immunogens composed of the peptides and methods for immunization employing them.