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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:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2003
Applicants:
José M. C. Ribeiro, Rockville, MD (US);
Jesus G. Valenzuela, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Rosane Charlab, Rockville, MD (US);
Thomas N. Mather, Wakefield, RI (US);
Inventors:
José M. C. Ribeiro, Rockville, MD (US);
Jesus G. Valenzuela, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Rosane Charlab, Rockville, MD (US);
Thomas N. Mather, Wakefield, RI (US);
Assignees:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Isac, a novel protein with anticomplement activity is disclosed. Isac can be isolated from the salivary glands of ticks or made by recombinant methods using various DNA expression techniques.