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US Patent 7122196 Compounds and methods for diagnosis of tuberculosis

Patent 7122196 was granted and assigned to Corixa on October, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

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Corixa

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

71221960

Patent Inventor Names

Yasir A. W. Skeiky0

Ronald C. Hendrickson0

Steven G. Reed0

Thomas S. Vedvick0

Antonio Campos-Neto0

Daniel R. Twardzik0

Davin C. Dillon0

Michael J. Lodes0

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Date of Patent

October 17, 2006

Patent Application Number

110820050

Date Filed

March 15, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Rodney P Swartz

Patent abstract

Compounds and methods for diagnosing tuberculosis are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one antigenic portion of one or more M. tuberculosis proteins, and DNA sequences encoding such polypeptides. Diagnostic kits containing such polypeptides or DNA sequences and a suitable detection reagent may be used for the detection of M. tuberculosis infection in patients and biological samples. Antibodies directed against such polypeptides are also provided.