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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:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Gary L. Norman, San Clemente, CA (US);
Zakera Shums, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gary L. Norman, San Clemente, CA (US);
Zakera Shums, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
INOVA Diagnostics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for detecting autoantibodies in a subject which reacts with a GP73 antigen. Increased levels of GP73-specific autoantibodies in a sample from the subject which bind to GP73 antigen are indicative of liver disease in the subject.