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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. 12, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Pilar Lorenzo, Lund, SE;
Tore Saxne, Lund, SE;
Dick Heinegard, Lund, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Anamar Medical AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/12 (2006.01); A61K 35/32 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for differentiation of osteoarthritis from rheumatoid arthritis and non-disease conditions in a sample, comprising measuring in the sample the concentration of human cartilage intermediate layer protein 2(CILP-2) in body fluids and more specifically, measuring in the sample the concentration of the N-terminal part of CILP-2 (2C1) or fragments thereof.