Patents by Inventor Silvana Obici

Silvana Obici 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).

  • Regulation of food intake by modulation of long-chain fatty acyl-CoA levels in the hypothalamus
    Patent number: 7705016
    Abstract: Methods of reducing food intake and glucose production in a mammal, or restoring hepatic autoregulation are provided. The methods involve increasing long-chain fatty acyl-Co-A (LC-CoA) levels in the hypothalamus, or stimulating efferent fibers in the hepatic branch of the vagus nerve. Also provided are methods of increasing food intake and glucose production in a mammal. The methods involve decreasing long-chain fatty acyl-Co-A (LC-CoA) levels in the hypothalamus of the mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
    Inventors: Luciano Rossetti, Silvana Obici
  • Regulation of food intake and glucose production by modulation of long-chain fatty acyl-coa levels in the hypothalamus
    Publication number: 20070093434
    Abstract: Methods of reducing food intake and glucose production in a mammal, or restoring hepatic autoregulation are provided. The methods involve increasing long-chain fatty acyl-Co-A (LC-CoA) levels in the hypothalamus, or stimulating efferent fibers in the hepatic branch of the vagus nerve. Also provided are methods of increasing food intake and glucose production in a mammal. The methods involve decreasing long-chain fatty acyl-Co-A (LC-CoA) levels in the hypothalamus of the mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Luciano Rossetti, Silvana Obici