Patents by Inventor Birgit Anderegg

Birgit Anderegg 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).

  • Expression of human estrogen receptors in transgenic mice
    Patent number: 6586655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved compositions and methods for assaying the efficacy of novel drugs functioning either as agonists or antagonists at nuclear receptors. In particular, the invention provides transgenic non-human animals comprising a human steroid hormone receptor gene operably linked to a promoter which directs expression of the steroid hormone receptor gene in an epithelial cell of the non-human animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Arbeit, Peter J. Kushner, Rosalie M. Uht, Birgit Anderegg
  • EXPRESSION OF HUMAN ESTROGEN RECEPTORS IN TRANSGENIC MICE
    Publication number: 20030056230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved compositions and methods for assaying the efficacy of novel drugs functioning either as agonists or antagonists at nuclear receptors. In particular, the invention provides transgenic non-human animals comprising a human steroid hormone receptor gene operably linked to a promoter which directs expression of the steroid hormone receptor gene in an epithelial cell of the non-human animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: JEFFREY M. ARBEIT, PETER J. KUSHNER, ROSALIE M.. UHT, BIRGIT ANDEREGG