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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:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Stuart Coffin, London, GB;
Assignee:
Biovex Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12P 2/104 ; C12Q 1/70 ; C12Q 1/68 ; C12N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12P 2/104 ; C12Q 1/70 ; C12Q 1/68 ; C12N 5/00 ;
Abstract
Use of a replication incompetent herpes virus capable of delivering a gene to multiple connected sites within the nervous system, which virus comprises: (a) a mutation which prevents or reduces the expression of at least two immediate early genes; and (b) a heterologous gene operably linked to a promoter active during herpes virus latency; in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a central nervous system disorder, a method of determining whether a gene has an effect on a phenotype associated with a central nervous system disorder and in a method of treatment of a disorder of the central nervous system are described.