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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:
May. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Patrick Hwu, Houston, TX (US);
Rejean Lapointe, Laval, CA;
Steven A. Rosenberg, Potomac, MD (US);
Maria Parkhurst, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Hwu, Houston, TX (US);
Rejean LaPointe, Laval, CA;
Steven A. Rosenberg, Potomac, MD (US);
Maria Parkhurst, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Immunogenic peptides of a melanoma antigen recognized by T cells, designated gp100, bioassays using the peptides to diagnose, assess or prognose a mammal afflicted with cancer, more specifically melanoma or metastatic melanoma, and use of the proteins and peptides as immunogens to inhibit, prevent or treat melanoma.