Patent number: 7141549
Abstract: Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the aforementioned polypeptide, polynucleotide, or antibody. The invention further discloses therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders involving any one of these novel human nucleic acids and proteins.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 8, 2005
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2006
Inventors:
Peter Mezes, Luca Rastelli, John Herrmann, John MacDougall, Haihong Zhong, Stacie Casman, Ferenc Boldog, Richard Shimkets, Linda Gorman, Andrew Eisen, Steven Spaderna, Corine Vernet, Constance Berghs, Kimberly Spytek, Vincent DiPippo, Bryan Zerhusen, John Peyman, Karen Ellerman, David Stone, William Grosse, John Alsobrook, II, Denise Lepley, Daniel Rieger, Catherine Burgess, Shlomit Edinger, Edward Voss, Charles Miller
Patent number: 6974684
Abstract: Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode G-coupled protein-receptor related polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the aforementioned polypeptide, polynucleotide, or antibody. The invention further discloses therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders involving any one of these novel human nucleic acids and proteins.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2002
Date of Patent:
December 13, 2005
Assignee:
CuraGen Corporation
Inventors:
David W. Anderson, John P. Alsobrook II, Ferenc L. Boldog, Catherine E. Burgess, Stacie J. Casman, Shlomit R. Edinger, Esha A. Gangolli, Linda Gorman, Xiaojia Sasha Guo, Nikolai Khramtsov, Denise M. Lepley, John R. MacDougall, Carol E. A. Pena, John A. Peyman, Meera Patturajan, Daniel K. Rieger, Richard A. Shimkets, Glennda Smithson, Kimberly A. Spytek, Corine A. M. Vernet, Edward Z. Voss, Mei Zhong