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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:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Derek Richard Buckle, Redhill, GB;
Gary Christie, Berden, GB;
Ariane Elizabeth Marolewski, Norwood, MA (US);
Ruth Judik Mayer, Wayne, PA (US);
David Glynn Smith, Horsham, GB;
Assignee:
SmithKline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 ; C12N 9/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 ; C12N 9/50 ;
Abstract
The present invention is to the discovery of a novel CD23 processing enzyme which is of importance in the human immune response and regulation of IgE production, and is a protein expressed on the surface of a variety of cells.