Patents by Inventor Azim M. Surani

Azim M. Surani has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Production of antibodies from transgenic animals
    Patent number: 5545807
    Abstract: Chimaeric or wholly foreign immunoglobulin is obtained from cells or body fluid of a transgenic animal which has had inserted into its germline genetic material that encodes for at least part of an immunoglobulin, of foreign origin or that can rearrange to encode a repertoire of immunoglobulins, i.e. derived from a different animal source. For example, wholly human immunoglobulins may be produced from a transgenic mouse, possibly in response to an immunogen subsequently introduced to the mouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignees: The Babraham Institute, Medical Research Council
    Inventors: Azim M. Surani, Michael S. Neuberger, Marianne Bruggemann