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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. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Markus Roessler, Germering, DE;
Liliana Mantovani-endl, Weilheim, DE;
Michael Tacke, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a method aiding in the assessment of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). It involves the use of the protein serpin B13 as a marker of SCC. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for assessing lung cancer in a tissue sample derived from a patient having non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and for differentiating SCC from adenocarcinoma or large cell carcinoma of the lung.