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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:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward George Saravolac, Vancouver, CA;
Yuan-Peng Zhang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffery J. Wheeler, Surrey, CA;
Pieter R. Cullis, Vancouver, CA;
Peter Scherrer, Vancouver, CA;
Ljiljana D. Kojic, Vancouver, CA;
Olga Ludkovski, Port Coquitlam, CA;
Assignee:
Inex Pharmaceuticals Corp., Burnaby, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to lipid-based formulations for nucleic acid delivery to cells, methods for the preparation of such formulations and, in particular, to lipid encapsulated plasmids. The compositions are safe and practical for clinical use. In addition, the present invention provides methods for introducing nucleic acids into cells and for inhibiting tumor growth in cells using such lipid-nucleic acid formulations.