Patents by Inventor Charles S. Zuker

Charles S. Zuker 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).

  • Mammalian sweet taste receptors
    Publication number: 20030040045
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet taste receptors comprising two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet taste receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Gregory A. Nelson, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Yifeng Zhang, Nicholas J.P. Ryba, Mark A. Hoon
  • NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING A G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR INVOLVED IN SENSORY TRANSDUCTION
    Publication number: 20030036630
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sensory cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sensory cell specific G-protein coupled receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: CHARLES S. ZUKER, JON E. ADLER, JUERGEN LINDEMEIER, NICK RYBA, MARK HOON
  • Nucleic acids encoding a G-protein coupled receptor involved in sensory transduction
    Publication number: 20030022288
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sensory cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sensory cell specific G-protein coupled receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Jon E. Adler, Juergen Lindemeier
  • T2R, a novel family of taste receptors
    Publication number: 20030022278
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for a novel family of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Jon Elliot Adler, Nick Ryba, Ken Mueller
  • NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING PROTEINS INVOLVED IN SENSORY TRANSDUCTION
    Publication number: 20020168635
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sensory cell specific polypeptides, antibodies to such polypeptides, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and polypeptides, and methods of screening for modulators of sensory cell specific polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: CHARLES S. ZUKER, JON E. ADLER, JUERGEN LINDEMEIER, DAVID COWAN
  • Assays for taste receptor cell specific ion channel
    Publication number: 20020164645
    Abstract: The invention includes nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of a taste cell-specific ion channel subunit that is specifically expressed in taste cells, antibodies to such subunits, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and proteins, and methods of screening for modulators of taste cell specific ion channel subunits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Yifeng Zhang
  • Nucleic acids encoding a G-protein coupled receptor involved in sensory transduction
    Publication number: 20020119526
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sensory cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sensory cell specific G-protein coupled receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Jon E. Adler, Juergen Lindemeier
  • Nucleic acids encoding a G-protein coupled receptor involved in sensory transduction
    Patent number: 6383778
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sensory cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sensory cell specific G-protein coupled receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Jon E. Adler, Juergen Lindemeier
  • SF, A NOVEL FAMILY OF TASTE RECEPTORS
    Publication number: 20020051997
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: CHARLES S. ZUKER, JON ELLIOT ADLER, NICK RYBA, KEN MUELLER