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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/304 ;
Abstract
This invention provides conjugates useful for xenotransplantation which comprise a galactose &agr;1,3 galactosyl (&agr;Gal) epitope conjugated to a valency platform molecule, preferably a chemically defined valency platform molecule which allows precise valency. The invention also provides compositions comprising these conjugates, and methods (such as methods for inducing tolerance) using these conjugates and compositions.