Patents by Inventor Douglas Kenneth Rabert

Douglas Kenneth Rabert 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).

  • Method of modulating tetrotodoxin-resistant sodium channel
    Patent number: 7122325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a voltage-gated sodium channel present in peripheral nerve tissue that is tetrodotoxin-resistant. One aspect of the present invention is purified and isolated DNA encoding this sodium channel. Another aspect of the present invention is the recombinant protein expressed by this DNA, expression vectors comprising the DNA sequence, and host cells transformed with these expression vectors. Another aspect of this invention is the use of this voltage-gated, tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel as a therapeutic target for compounds to treat disorders of the peripheral nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Herman, Stephen Gregory Delgado, Linda Marie Fish, Lakshmi Sangameswaran, Douglas Kenneth Rabert
  • Cloned peripheral nerve, tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel alpha-subunit
    Publication number: 20030096360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a voltage-gated sodium channel present in peripheral nerve tissue that is tetrodotoxin-resistant. One aspect of the present invention is purified and isolated DNA encoding this sodium channel. Another aspect of the present invention is the recombinant protein expressed by this DNA, expression vectors comprising the DNA sequence, and host cells transformed with these expression vectors. Another aspect of this invention is the use of this voltage-gated, tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel as a therapeutic target for compounds to treat disorders of the peripheral nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Ronald Herman, Stephen Gregory Delgado, Linda Marie Fish, Lakshmi Sangameswaran, Douglas Kenneth Rabert
  • Human peripheral nerve, tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel &agr;-subunit polypeptide
    Patent number: 6479259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a voltage-gated sodium channel present in peripheral nerve tissue that is tetrodotoxin-resistant. One aspect of the present invention is purified and isolated DNA encoding this sodium channel. Another aspect of the present invention is the recombinant protein expressed by this DNA, expression vectors comprising the DNA sequence, and host cells transformed with these expression vectors. Another aspect of this invention is the use of this voltage-gated, tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel as a therapeutic target for compounds to treat disorders of the peripheral nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Herman, Stephen Gregory Delgado, Linda Marie Fish, Lakshmi Sangameswaran, Douglas Kenneth Rabert
  • Cloned peripheral nerve, tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel &agr;-subunit
    Patent number: 6184349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a voltage-gated sodium channel present in peripheral nerve tissue that is tetrodotoxin-resistant. One aspect of the present invention is purified and isolated DNA encoding this sodium channel. Another aspect of the present invention is the recombinant protein expressed by this DNA, expression vectors comprising the DNA sequence, and host cells transformed with these expression vectors. Another aspect of this invention is the use of this voltage-gated, tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel as a therapeutic target for compounds to treat disorders of the peripheral nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Syntex (USA) Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Herman, Stephen Gregory Delgado, Linda Marie Fish, Lakshmi Sangameswaran, Douglas Kenneth Rabert