Patents by Inventor Anne O. Chua

Anne O. Chua has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • FUNCTIONS AND USES OF GPR39 GENE IN MAMMALIAN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090298756
    Abstract: The present invention provides mammalian GPR39 gene, its coded products, and the uses in regulating appetite and pain sensitivity. A pharmaceutical composition and a health product comprising GPR39 protein are also provided. The health product and the pharmaceutical composition for suppressing appetite or decreasing pain sensitivity comprise a safe and efficient amount of antagonists of mammalian GPR39 protein (for example, 0.01-99%) and a bromatologically or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in a suitable amount (for example 1-99.99 wt %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicants: SHANGHAI INSTITUTES FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, F.HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG
    Inventors: Meilei Jin, Yun Peng, Hong Zou, Guoping Zhao, Xuedong Zhou, Anne O. Chua, Robert A. Goodnow, Ulrich A. Gubler, Holly Hilton, David Fu-Chi Mark, Mitchell Lee Martin, James Andrew Rosinski
  • Recombinant DNA encoding human receptor for interleukin-12
    Patent number: 5536657
    Abstract: This invention relates to substantially pure Interleukin-12 receptor cDNAs and protein and uses therefore. The Interleukin-12 receptor is shown to be a member of the cytokine receptor superfamily and has a high homology to human gp130.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Anne O. Chua, Ulrich A. Gubler