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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ella Magal, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
John M. Delaney, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; C07K 1/00 ; C07K 2/00 ; C07K 4/00 ; C07K 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; C07K 1/00 ; C07K 2/00 ; C07K 4/00 ; C07K 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to methods for preventing and/or treating injury or degeneration of cochlear hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons by administering a neurturin neurotrophic factor protein product. The invention relates more specifically to methods for treating sensorineural hearing loss.