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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:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter A. Ward, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Markus Huber-Lang, South Lyon, MI (US);
Vidya Sarma, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Boris Czermak, Frieburg, DE;
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ; C07K 1/644 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ; C07K 1/644 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of blood-borne and toxin mediated diseases, and in particular anti-C5 antibodies for the prevention and treatment of sepsis in humans as well as other animals. The present invention also relates to methods of generating anti-C5 antibodies employing C-terminal truncated C5 peptides.