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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:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dirk M. Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);
G. Duke Virca, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Immunex Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/64 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/64 ;
Abstract
Isolated Dendritic Cell Transmembrane Serine Proteases (DCTSPs), DNAs encoding such DCTSPs, and pharmaceutical and/or diagnostic compositions made therefrom, are disclosed. The isolated DCTSPs can be used to hydrolyze peptide bonds. The DCTSPs are also useful in screening for inhibitors or agonists thereof.