Patents by Inventor Darren Smart

Darren Smart 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).

  • Use of vanilloid 4 receptor and antagonists or agonists thereof for treating diseases associated with pain
    Publication number: 20070161560
    Abstract: The use of VR4 polypeptides and polynucleotides in the design of protocols for the treatment of diseases of cartilage, such as hyaline-, fibro- and elastic-cartilage, or diseases of tissues where such cartilage is found including diseases or disorders affecting the larynx, auditory canal, intervertebral discs, ligaments, tendons and joint capsules, bone development including osteoporosis, diseases involving joint destruction and also pain linked to rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: John Davis, Martin Gunthorpe, Julie Egerton, Darren Smart
  • VANILREP4 polypeptides and VANILREP4 polynucleotides
    Publication number: 20060205641
    Abstract: VANILREP4 polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing VANILREP4 polypeptides and polynucleotides in diagnostic assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Graham Smith, Philip Hayes, Darren Smart, John Davis, Rosemary Kelsell
  • Human vanilloid receptor gene
    Publication number: 20040198649
    Abstract: The use of VR4 polypeptides and polynucleotides in the design of protocols for the treatment of diseases of cartilage, such as hyaline-, fibro- and elastic-cartilage, or diseases of tissues where such cartilage is found including diseases or disorders affecting the larynx, auditory canal, intervertebral discs, ligaments, tendons and joint capsules, bone development including osteoporosis, diseases involving joint destruction and also pain linked to rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: John Beresford Davis, Martin James Gunthorpe, Julie Egerton, Darren Smart
  • Uses of bombesin receptor 3
    Publication number: 20040023862
    Abstract: The invention relates to newly identified uses of BRS3 polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, to their use in therapy of ischemia, of neurodegenerative diseases, of memory and attention disorders, and in identifying compounds which may be agonists, antagonists and/or inhibitors which are potentially useful in therapy, and to production of such polypeptides and polynucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: SmithKline Beedham p. l. c.
    Inventors: Darren Smart, Paul J L M Strijbos