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Method of making monoclonal antibodies

US4427653A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 26, 1981
Grant dateJan 24, 1984
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/948
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods featuring, in one aspect, a method of preparing an antigen or mixture of antigens substantially free of antigens specific to at least two monoclonal antibodies, said method involving contacting an antigen mixture with one or more previously-isolated monoclonal antibodies to form complexes between those antibodies and antigens present in the mixture specific to the antibodies, removing the complexes from the antigen mixture to yield a partially purified antigen mixture, immunizing an animal with the partially purified antigen mixture, fusing spleen cells from the immunized animal to myeloma cells to form hybridomas capable of producing additional monoclonal antibodies, culturing said hybridomas to produce said additional monoclonal antibodies, contacting a sample of the partially purified antigen mixture with said additional monoclonal antibodies to form complexes between said additional monoclonal antibodies and antigens present in the antigen mixture specific to the additional monoclonal antibodies, and removing the complexes from the antigen mixture.

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