Patents by Inventor Birgit Priest

Birgit Priest 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).

  • DNA molecules encoding ligand-gated ion channels from
    Patent number: 7244586
    Abstract: The present invention relates in part to isolated nucleic acid molecules (polynucleotides) which encode Drosophila melanogaster ligand-gated ion channel proteins. The present invention also relates to recombinant vectors and recombinant hosts which contain a DNA fragment encoding Drosophila ligand-gated ion channel proteins, substantially purified forms of associated Drosophila ligand-gated ion channel proteins and recombinant membrane fractions comprising these proteins, associated mutant proteins, and methods associated with identifying compounds which modulate associated Drosophila melanogaster ligand-gated ion channel proteins, which will be useful as insecticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Doris F. Cully, Birgit Priest, Jeffrey Yuan, Yingcong Zheng
  • Dna molecules encoding ligand-gated ion channels from drosophila melanogaster
    Publication number: 20050261487
    Abstract: The present invention relates in part to isolated nucleic acid molecules (polynucleotides) which encode Drosophila melanogaster ligand-gated ion channel proteins. The present invention also relates to recombinant vectors and recombinant hosts which contain a DNA fragment encoding Drosophila ligand-gated ion channel proteins, substantially purified forms of associated Drosophila ligand-gated ion channel proteins and recombinant membrane fractions comprising these proteins, associated mutant proteins, and methods associated with identifying compounds which modulate associated Drosophila melanogaster ligand-gated ion channel proteins, which will be useful as insecticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Doris Cully, Birgit Priest, Jeffrey Yuan, Yingcong Zheng