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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:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert S. B. Edge, Cambridge, MA (US);
Henry F. Oettinger, Waban, MA (US);
Assignee:
Diacrin, Inc., Charlestown, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/512 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/574 ; C12N 1/579 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/512 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/574 ; C12N 1/579 ;
Abstract
The invention features porcine MHC class I genes and the use of the polypeptides they encode in induction of graft-specific immunological tolerance in recipients of porcine cell or organ transplant and the generation of certain useful antibodies.