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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:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Odile Letourneur, Saint Foy les Lyon, FR;
Bénédicte Watelet, Montpellier, FR;
Assignee:
Bio Merieux, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12Q 1/70 ; C12P 2/106 ; C12P 2/104 ; C07K 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12Q 1/70 ; C12P 2/106 ; C12P 2/104 ; C07K 1/600 ;
Abstract
A cassette that functions in yeast cells allowing and controlling expression of HBc Ag, HBc Ag fragments and/or recombinant HBc Ag; a reagent for detection and/or monitoring of HBV infections that relies on a product of the cassette; processes for producing monoclonal and/or polyclonal antibodies to the product of the cassette; and processes for (1) diagnosis, (2) vaccine production, (3) vaccination, (4) pharmaceutical production and (5) treatment that rely on the product of the cassette and/or the monoclonal and/or polyclonal antibodies to the product of the cassette.