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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:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Hong Jin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zhongying Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hong Jin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zhongying Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medimmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 7/00 (2006.01); C12N 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention encompasses methods of producing influenza B viruses in cell culture. The influenza B viruses may have desirable characteristics, such as enhanced replication in eggs and may be used, for example, in vaccines and in methods of treatment to protect against influenza B virus infection.