The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary E. Brunkow, Seattle, WA (US);
David J. Galas, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Brian Kovacevich, Renton, WA (US);
John T. Mulligan, Seattle, WA (US);
Bryan W. Paeper, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Van Ness, Seattle, WA (US);
David G. Winkler, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Darwin Discovery, Ltd., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ;
Abstract
A novel human protein has been isolated which is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising the polynucleotide sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:1 or a polynucleotide sequence that is completely complementary thereto. This novel protein binds to at least two members of the family of TGF-beta proteins, which are the human bone morphogenic protein-5 and human bone morphogenic protein-6.