Patents Assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenscaften E.V.
  • Nucleic acid molecule encoding antigen associated with lyme disease
    Patent number: 5686267
    Abstract: A vaccine against Lyme disease, wherein it contains one or more monoclonal antibodies which are specific for the 31 kD antigen (OspA) or the 34 kD antigen (OspB) of Borrelia burgdorferi. The present invention also provides a process for obtaining this vaccine, as well as new monoclonal antibodies and antigens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenscaften E.V., Deutsches Krebsforschun Zentrum Stiftung des Offentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Markus M. Simon, Ulrich E. Schaible, Klaus Eichmann, Michael Kramer, Wallich Reinhard