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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Tan, Auckland, NZ;
Jun Hiyama, Auckland, NZ;
Elizabeth Visser, Auckland, NZ;
Linda Scott, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
Genesis Research & Development Corporation Limited, Parnell, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/904 ; C12N 1/00 ; A01N 3/718 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/904 ; C12N 1/00 ; A01N 3/718 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides polypeptides comprising an immunogenic portion of a,soluble protein and DNA molecules encoding such polypeptides, together with methods for their use in the diagnosis and treatment of mycobacterial infection. Methods for enhancing the immune response to an antigen including administration of,culture filtrate or delipidated,cells are also provided.