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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. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Caroline Sarah Brown, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, Leiden, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/509 ; C12N 7/01 ; C12N 5/14 ; C12N 1/5866 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/509 ; C12N 7/01 ; C12N 5/14 ; C12N 1/5866 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the coat proteins VP1 and VP2 of the human parvovirus B19 and virus-like particles consisting of VP2 or of VP1 and VP2. The invention further comprises genetic information in the form of recombinant expression vectors which contain the genes coding for said proteins, and organisms which through genetic manipulation using such vectors have acquired the ability to produce such proteins and/or particles. The invention further comprises uses of such proteins and virus-like particles for diagnostics or vaccination.