Patents Examined by John A. Ulm
  • Polypeptide derived from a popamine receptor, and compositions and methods thereof
    Patent number: 5508384
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods involving purified, isolated and/or synthetic G-protein coupled receptor (GPR) polypeptides that comprise fragments, derivatives and/or consensus peptides of transmembrane domains of G-coupled receptor proteins, wherein the GPR polypeptide has biological activity selected from binding of a GPR ligand to a GPR or modulating the binding of a GPR ligand to a GPR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Randall B. Murphy, David I. Schuster