# Mark De Boer — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Mark De Boer has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [Using Insect Cells to Create Antibodies for Human Diseases](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/5397703/hepatitis-c-virus-genome-discovery) — granted 1995
  A method for creating disease-fighting antibodies by using insect cells to display human proteins, which are then injected into animals to trigger an immune response.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/mark-de-boer

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