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USOO8796427B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,796,427 B2 Spee et al. (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 5, 2014 (54) HUMANIZED ANTI-HUMAN NKG2A EP 1036327 A2 9, 2000 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY JP O3112485 A 5, 1991 JP O3112486 A 5, 1991 (75) Inventors: Petrus Johannes Louis Spee, Allerød E. 2025. A 3.28. (DK); Jianhe Chen, Beijing (CN); JP O3112484 U. 8, 2005 Soren Berg Padkjaer, Vaerlose (DK); WO 99.28748 A2 6, 1999 Jing Su, Beijing (CN); Jinchao Zhang, W 94.9. A2 258 Beijing (CN); Jiujiu Yu, Zhejiang (CN) WO O3,OO8449 A1 1, 2003 WO O3,O95965 A2 11/2003 (73) Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd (DK) WO 2004.?003.019 A2 1/2004 WO WO-2004/056312 T 2004 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this WO WO 2006/070286 12, 2004 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 W. 3:39:23, A. i58. U.S.C. 154(b) by 153 days. WO WO 2006O70286 A2 * T 2006 WO 2007042573 A2 4/2007 (21) Appl. 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