Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues – Blood proteins or globulins – e.g. – proteoglycans – platelet...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-04
2009-06-02
Haddad, Maher M (Department: 1644)
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
Blood proteins or globulins, e.g., proteoglycans, platelet...
C530S387300, C530S388100, C530S388150, C530S388230, C435S325000, C435S326000, C435S328000, C435S335000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07541438
ABSTRACT:
A human monoclonal antibody useful for the treatment of various diseases caused by human connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and preventing the onset of the above diseases; medicinal uses thereof; and various monoclonal antibodies having various characteristics against various mammalian CTGFs useful for detecting and assaying CTGFs present in body fluids of mammals suffering from various diseases.
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Sakamoto Shinji
Takigawa Masaharu
Tamatani Takuya
Tezuka Katsunari
Amgen Inc.
Dahle Chun
Haddad Maher M
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
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