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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. 21, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Steve Ammons, Pinole, CA (US);
Roger G. Little, Benicia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xoma Corporation, Berkeley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 4/505 ; A61K 3/817 ; C07K 1/4435 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 4/505 ; A61K 3/817 ; C07K 1/4435 ;
Abstract
Improved therapeutic compositions, methods and uses of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) products involve use of dimeric forms of BPI protein product monomers characterized by enhanced in vivo biological activity. Preferred formulations include 50 percent or more by weight dimeric product and preferred therapeutic uses include endotoxin neutralization and heparin neutralization.