Antibodies to mammalian NK antigens and uses

US5770387A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• SCHERING CORPORATION · US
• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Virginia M. Litwin · Fayetteville, US
• Jennifer E. Gumperz · Oakland, US
• Peter Parham · Stanford, US
• Joseph H. Phillips · Redwood City, US
• Lewis L. Lanier · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 1996
• Grant date: Jun 23, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/975
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Antibodies which specifically bind to an NK cell surface antigen from a mammal, reagents related thereto, including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding said antigen. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided.