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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:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2014
Applicants:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Vermillion, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Zhen Zhang, Dayton, MD (US);
Daniel W. Chan, Clarksville, MD (US);
Eric T. Fung, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zheng Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Fujun Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignees:
Vermillion, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/574 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/57449 (2013.01); G01N 2333/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a protein-based biomarker that is useful in qualifying ovarian cancer status in a patient. In particular, the biomarker of this invention is useful to classify a subject sample as ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer. The biomarker can be detected by SELDI mass spectrometry.