The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Butler Cowden, Kambah, AU;
Kevin John Lafferty, Curtin, AU;
Lawrence Scott Gazda, Hawker, AU;
Assignee:
The Australian National University, Acton, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ; A61K 4/500 ; A61K 3/9395 ; A01N 6/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ; A61K 4/500 ; A61K 3/9395 ; A01N 6/300 ;
Abstract
Therapeutic compositions including a species of Coxiella or one or more antigenic components therefrom or analogous or homologous components thereof are disclosed. These compositions are useful in preventing, inhibiting, delaying onset of or otherwise ameliorating the effects of an autoimmune disease in a mammal, particularly insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). They arm also useful in prolonging survival of islet tissue transplanted into a mammal.