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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:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Jillian Cornish, Auckland, NZ;
Ian Reginald Reid, Auckland, NZ;
Jianming Lin, Auckland, NZ;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Auckland Uniservices Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention features a method for treating a bone condition in a patient, e.g., a mammal, a human, a horse, a dog, or a cat. The method includes administering an effective amount of FGF-8, FGF-8 analog, or a FGF-8 agonist to the patient.