Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector – Virus or component thereof
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-28
2011-06-28
Lucas, Zachariah (Department: 1648)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Antigen, epitope, or other immunospecific immunoeffector
Virus or component thereof
C424S184100, C424S204100, C424S205100, C424S209100, C424S093600, C424S093200, C424S281100, C435S005000, C435S041000, C435S091330, C435S239000, C435S320100, C435S476000, C435S489000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07968101
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a composition useful to prepare influenza viruses, e.g., in the absence of helper virus, using vectors which include tandem transcription cassettes containing PolI and/or PolII promoters.
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Kawaoka Yoshihiro
Neumann Gabriele
Blumel Benjamin P
Lucas Zachariah
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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