Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding cancer associated antigens, the antigens per se, and uses thereof

US6774226B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH LTD · GB
• Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dirk Jager · New York, US
• Elizabeth Stockert · New York, US
• Matthew Scanlan · Princeton Junction, US
• Ali Gure · New York, US
• Elke Jager · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Alexander Knuth · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Lloyd J. Old · New York, US
• Yao-Tseng Chen · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2004
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P35/00
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to newly identified cancer associated antigens. It has been discovered that each of these molecules provokes antibodies when expressed by a subject. The ramifications of this observation are also a part of this invention.