Patent ID: 8398966

Claim:
A binding protein capable of binding IL-1β wherein said binding protein comprises residues 31-35 of SEQ ID NO:26 (CDR-H1); residues 50-65 of SEQ ID NO:26 (CDR-H2); residues 98-111 of SEQ ID NO:26 (CDR-H3); residues 24-34 of SEQ ID NO:27 (CDR-L1); residues 50-56 of SEQ ID NO:27 (CDR-L2); and residues 89-97 of SEQ ID NO:27 (CDR-L3), said binding protein comprising a variable heavy chain polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 28, SEQ ID NO: 29, SEQ ID NO: 30, SEQ ID NO: 31, SEQ ID NO: 32, and SEQ ID NO: 33, and a variable light chain polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 34, SEQ ID NO: 35, SEQ ID NO: 36, SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID NO: 38, SEQ ID NO: 39 and SEQ ID NO: 40.