Patents by Inventor Duane E. Keith, Jr.

Duane E. Keith, Jr. 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).

  • DNA molecules encoding opioid receptors and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 7723071
    Abstract: Recombinant forms of isolated and purified delta opioid receptors and methods to screen for compounds interactive with delta opioid receptors are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Christopher J. Evans, Duane E. Keith, Jr., Robert H. Edwards, Daniel Kaufman
  • Opioid receptors and methods of use
    Patent number: 7282563
    Abstract: Genes encoding opioid receptors (including opioid-like receptor (ORL) proteins) can be retrieved from vertebrate libraries using the murine probe disclosed herein under low-stringency conditions. The DNA sequence shown in FIG. 5 or its complement can be used to obtain the human delta, kappa and mu genes as well as the murine mu gene and human ORL-1. The probe provided encodes the murine delta opioid receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Christopher J. Evans, Duane E. Keith, Jr., Robert H. Edwards, Daniel Kaufman
  • Methods of screening modulators of opioid receptor activity
    Patent number: 6432652
    Abstract: Genes encoding opioid receptors (including opioid-like receptor (ORL) proteins) can be retrieved from vertebrate libraries using the murine probe disclosed herein under low-stringency conditions. The DNA sequence shown in FIG. 5 or its complement can be used to obtain the human delta, kappa and mu genes as well as the murine mu gene and human ORL-1. The probe provided encodes the murine delta opioid receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Christopher J. Evans, Duane E. Keith, Jr., Robert H. Edwards, Daniel Kaufman
  • Nucleic acid encoding delta opioid receptor
    Patent number: 5985600
    Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a mammalian delta opioid receptor are disclosed. The invention provides recombinant materials for the production of mammalian delta opioid receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Christopher J. Evans, Duane E. Keith, Jr., Robert H. Edwards