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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. 06, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
Applicant:
Fiona A. Harding, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Fiona A. Harding, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Danisco US Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides CD4+ T-cell epitopes in bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). In particular embodiments, the present invention provides CD4+ T-cell epitopes of BMP-7 and BMP-14. In some preferred embodiments, the present invention provides CD4+ T-cell epitopes of BMP-7 and BMP-14 that are suitable for modification to reduce the immunogenicity of the BMP-7 and BMP-14 proteins.