(19)
(11) EP 1 537 219 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.04.2005

(43) Date of publication:
08.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/23

(21) Application number: 03745635.7

(22) Date of filing: 26.03.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C12N 15/85, C12N 15/86
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2003/009415
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/083069 (09.10.2003 Gazette 2003/41)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 26.03.2002 US 107991

(71) Applicant: Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Seattle, WA 98121 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LEDBETTER, Jeffrey, A.
    Shoreline, WA 98177 (US)
  • HELLSTROM, Ingegerd
    Seattle, WA 98105 (US)
  • HAYDEN-LEDBETTER, Martha
    Shoreline, WA 98177 (US)
  • HELLSTROM, Karl Eric
    Seattle, WA 98105 (US)

(74) Representative: Duckworth, Timothy John 
J.A. Kemp & Co.,14 South Square,Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

   


(54) ACTIVATION OF TUMOR-REACTIVE LYMPHOCYTES VIA ANTIBODIES OR GENES RECOGNIZING CD3 OR 4-1BB