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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:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Daniel K. Kirchhofer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul M. Moran, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Mark D. Peek, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel K. Kirchhofer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul M. Moran, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Mark D. Peek, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating hepsin activity and the HGF/c-met signaling pathway, in particular by regulating pro-HGF activation by hepsin.