US 7,585,961 B2
Nucleic acid encoding human antibodies specific for interleukin 15 (IL-15)
Jan G. J. Van De Winkel, Zeist (Netherlands); Marcus Antonius Van Dijk, Bilthoven (Netherlands); Janine Schuurman, Amsterdam (Netherlands); Arnout F. Gerritsen, Bunnik (Netherlands); Ole Baadsgaard, Hellerup (Denmark); and Jørgen Petersen, Rungsted Kyst (Denmark)
Assigned to GENMAB A/S, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/827,195.
Application 11/827195 is a division of application No. 10/379741, filed on Mar. 05, 2003, granted, now 7,247,304.
Application 10/379741 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/374932, filed on Feb. 26, 2003, granted, now 7,329,405.
Application 10/374932 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/226615, filed on Aug. 23, 2002, granted, now 7,153,507.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/314731, filed on Aug. 23, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2008/0166802 A1, Jul. 10, 2008
Int. Cl. C12N 15/12 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 536—23.53  [435/320.1; 435/252.3; 435/325; 435/326] 22 Claims
 
1. An isolated nucleic acid encoding a heavy chain variable region of an antibody, wherein the variable region comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.