Patents by Inventor Joseph C. McNulty

Joseph C. McNulty 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).

  • Methods and compounds for modulating melanocortin receptor ligand binding and activity
    Publication number: 20030064921
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and agonist/antagonist compounds for modulating melanocortin receptor-ligand binding. Also included is a method of identifying agonists and/or antagonists that bind to a ligand binding site for a melanocortin receptor of interest. Agonists and antagonists of ligand binding to melanocortin receptors also are provided. The invention is exemplified by identification and manipulation of the C-terminus of the human agouti related protein, which binds melanocortin receptors 3 and 4, and the production of AGRP peptidomimetics that are melanocortin receptor ligands. The methods can be applied to other melanocortin receptor agonists and antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Glenn L. Millhauser, Darren Thompson, Kimberly Bolin, D. Joe Anderson, Joseph C. McNulty