Patents
US 8691953 B2: Binding compounds for IL-27
- Granted
- 2014-04-08
- Filed
- 2011-12-20 application 13330902
- Type
- Utility · 8 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Purified genes encoding a cytokine or composite cytokine from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding these molecules are provided. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg140408.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC 1,935 patents | US company or organization | Rahway, NJ | MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP. SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline C. Timans | Mountain View, CA | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Stefan Pflanz | Redwood City, CA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Robert A. Kastelein | Portola Valley, CA | 43 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| J. Fernando Bazan | Menlo Park, CA | 19 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Donna Rennick | Los Altos, CA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Rene de Waal Malefyt | Sunnyvale, CA | 22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeanne CHEUNG | Belmont, CA | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C07K | Peptides | C07K14/54 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C12Q | Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms ; compositions or test papers therefor; processes of preparing such compositions; condition-responsive control in microbiological or enzymological processes | C12Q1/6881 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y10S | Technical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests | Y10S436/808 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-30 | Name change Change of name | SCHERING CORPORATION signed 2012-05-02 | MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP. RAHWAY, NJ | 28884/151 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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