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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:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Applicants:
Etsuro Ogata, Tokyo 170-455, JP;
Mitsuru Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Shunji Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 31/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/00 (2006.01); A01N 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Bone metastasis and the efficacy of drugs in the treatment of malignant tumors such as breast cancer, prostatic cancer and lung cancer that cause the bone metastasis are diagnosed using a marker that reflects the activity of osteoblasts and a marker that reflects the action of osteoclasts.