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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:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Applicants:
Allen Comer, Madison, WI (US);
Lynn Allen-hoffmann, Madison, WI (US);
Michael Hoffmann, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Allen Comer, Madison, WI (US);
Lynn Allen-Hoffmann, Madison, WI (US);
Michael Hoffmann, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to in vitro cultured skin substitutes, preferably to in vitro cultured skin substitutes that have improved barrier function. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of such skin substitutes for irritancy testing. The present invention provides improved methods of screening compounds for irritancy activity, as well for identifying novel irritant responsive genes.