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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:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
May. 16, 2003
Applicants:
Georg Lauer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kei Ouchi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Bruce D. Walker, Milton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/12 (2006.01); A61K 39/29 (2006.01); C07K 4/02 (2006.01); C07K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides compositions containing HCV epitopes, which are recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Such polypeptides are used in prophylactic vaccines, immunotherapies, and assays to monitor the progress or success of immune interventions. The compositions are optimized to elicit an immune response in a genetically-diverse population of individuals.