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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. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald L. Schnaar, Columbia, MD (US);
Yoshitak Ichikawa, Baltimore, MD (US);
Brian E. Collins, Baltimore, MD (US);
Thomas J. Fralich, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/170 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/170 ;
Abstract
The present invention is based on the identification of compounds in the form of biosynthetic precursors which can be used to modulate neuronal growth, inhibit cellular entry by pathogens and modulate immune responses. The invention further describes acylated mannosamines, and derivatives thereof, which can be used to alter the sialic acid substituents of sialoglycoconjugates.