Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-02
2007-10-02
Landsman, Robert S. (Department: 1647)
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
C530S300000, C514S002600
Reexamination Certificate
active
10661984
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to neublastin neurotrophic factor polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding neublastin polypeptides, and antibodies that bind specifically to neublastin polypeptides, as well as methods of making and methods of using the same.
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GenBank Accession AA844072 (Dec. 31, 1998).
Johansen Teit E.
Rossomando Anthony
Sah Dinah W. Y.
Biogen Idec MA Inc.
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Landsman Robert S.
NsGene A/S
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