Patents by Inventor Elizabeth E. Bellocchio

Elizabeth E. Bellocchio 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).

  • Patent number: 6818391
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the identification of a novel class of glutamate transporters. In particular, this invention pertains to the discovery that proteins originally considered to perform an entirely different function (BNPI, DNPI, etc.), in fact, transport glutamate into synaptic vesicles. Designated VGLUT glutamate transporters, the transporters provide good targets with which to screen for modulators of glutamate uptake into synaptic vesicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Robert H. Edwards, Elizabeth E. Bellocchio, Robert T. Fremeau, Jr., Richard J. Reimer
  • Publication number: 20020098473
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the identification of a novel class of glutamate transporters. In particular, this invention pertains to the discovery that proteins originally considered to perform an entirely different function (BNPI, DNPI, etc.), in fact, transport glutamate into synaptic vesicles. Designated VGLUT glutamate transporters, the transporters provide good targets with which to screen for modulators of glutamate uptake into synaptic vesicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Robert H. Edwards, Elizabeth E. Bellocchio, Robert T. Fremeau, Richard J. Reimer