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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. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric A. Utt, Groton, CT (US);
Michael Stephen Willy, North Stonington, CT (US);
Don A. Dearwester, Westerly, RI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 ; A61K 3/909 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/902 ; A61K 3/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 ; A61K 3/909 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/902 ; A61K 3/800 ;
Abstract
Four antigenic preparations are provided, each of which contains a different protein from Leptospira which can be used immunologically in vaccines for leptospirosis caused by this organism. Also provided in the invention are polynucleotides encoding these four proteins and antibodies which bind the proteins for use in the diagnosis of leptospirosis.