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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. 08, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Hugo A. Pedrozo, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Mark Shuster, Toledo, OH (US);
Inventors:
Hugo A. Pedrozo, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Mark Shuster, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/107 (2006.01); C08F 2/52 (2006.01); C08F 2/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a protein polymer material and a method for preparing the protein polymer material involving applying an energy such as electrical energy or gravitational energy to a protein to cause the protein to assemble in a controlled arrangement. The protein used in this method may be any suitable fibrillar protein capable of self-assembling.