Patents by Inventor Daniel Cortright

Daniel Cortright 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).

  • Capsaicin receptor agonists
    Publication number: 20060194805
    Abstract: Capsaicin receptor agonists are provided. Such compounds are ligands that may be used to modulate VR1 activity in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of conditions responsive to capsaicin receptor activation in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using them to treat such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for receptor localization studies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Rajagopal Bakthavatchalam, Charles Blum, Harry Brielmann, Timothy Caldwell, Daniel Cortright, Kevin Hodgetts, John Peterson, Xiaozhang Zheng
  • Human capsaicin receptor and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6482611
    Abstract: This invention provides novel human capsaicin receptors and the nucleotide sequences encoding these receptors. Also provided are vectors encoding these receptors and mammalian and non-mammalian cells expressing these vectors. Further provided are assays for identifying compounds that modulate capsaicin receptors and diagnostic assays for capsaicin receptor polymorphisms and aberrant capsaicin receptor expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Cortright, James Krause