Patents by Inventor Caroline Conte

Caroline Conte 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).

  • Nematode screening assay
    Publication number: 20040073961
    Abstract: The present invention provides transgenic nematode strains expressing mammalian GPCRs useful for probing the function of a large number of mammalian GPCRs by linking simple nematode behaviors to the activation of mammalian GPCRs. The present invention also relates to methods for identifying substances that activate, antagonize or modulate mammalian GPCRs by determining the behavior of nematodes transgenic for the mammalian GPCRs towards the substances. The present invention particularly relates to nematodes transgenic for mammalian olfactory, taste and vomeronasal receptors and to methods using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Pedro J. Andres, Caroline Conte, Nicoletta Milani Muelhardt, Patrick Nef