Patents by Inventor Cheryl K. Steenstra

Cheryl K. Steenstra 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).

  • Melanin Concentrating Hormone Receptor Ligands: Substituted Tetrahydroisoquinoline Analogues
    Publication number: 20080161344
    Abstract: Melanin concentrating hormone receptor ligands (especially substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline analogues), capable of modulating MCH receptor activity, are provided. Such ligands may be used to modulate MCH binding to MCH receptors in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of a variety of metabolic, feeding and sexual disorders in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for detecting MCH receptors (e.g., receptor localization studies).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Cheryl K. Steenstra, Taeyoung Yoon, John M. Peterson
  • Melanin concentrating hormone receptor ligands: substituted 1-benzyl-4-aryl piperazine analogues
    Patent number: 7241765
    Abstract: Melanin concentrating hormone receptor ligands (especially 1-benzyl-4-aryl-piperazines, 1-benzyl-4-aryl-piperidines and related compounds), capable of modulating MCH receptor activity, are provided. Such ligands may be used to modulate MCH binding to MCH receptors in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of a variety of metabolic, feeding and sexual disorders in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for detecting MCH receptors (e.g., receptor localization studies).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Alan J. Hutchison, Linda M. Gustavson, John M. Peterson, Dario Doller, Timothy M. Caldwell, Taeyoung Yoon, Wallace C. Pringle, Rajagopal Bakthavatchalam, Yiping Shen, Cheryl K. Steenstra, Helen Yin, Robert W. DeSimone, Xiao-shu He