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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. 04, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Donald J. Graham, Green Lane, PA (US);
Amy L. Simcoe, Collegeville, PA (US);
Steven W. Ludmerer, North Wales, PA (US);
Osvaldo A. Flores, North Wales, PA (US);
Robert L. Lafemina, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Inventors:
Donald J. Graham, Green Lane, PA (US);
Amy L. Simcoe, Collegeville, PA (US);
Steven W. Ludmerer, North Wales, PA (US);
Osvaldo A. Flores, North Wales, PA (US);
Robert L. LaFemina, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); C12P 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention features NS5B polypeptides from different clinically important HCV genotypes. The polypeptides can be used individually, or as part of a panel of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases, to evaluate the effectiveness of a compound to inhibit NS5B activity.