Patents by Inventor Gerald Wayne Becker

Gerald Wayne Becker 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).

  • Flint polypeptide analogs
    Patent number: 6965012
    Abstract: Disclosed are polypeptide analogs of FLINT, polydeoxynucleotides encoding FLINT analogs, and methods of using FLINT analogs and polydeoxynucleotides. The FLINT analogs of the invention include polypeptides having the amino acid sequence of FLINT, modified at one or more positions with amino acid substitutions, and include fragments thereof, as well as Fc fusions comprising FLINT and FLINT analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Gerald Wayne Becker, Fredric Jay Cohen, Patricia Ann Gonzalez-DeWhitt, John Edward Hale, Radmila Micanovic, Christy Michelle Newton, Timothy Wayne Noblitt, Radhakrishnan Rathnachalam, Sheng-Hung Rainbow Tschang, Derrick Ryan Witcher, Victor John Wroblewski
  • Beta-lipotropin and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20030073621
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids, vectors, transformed host cells, analogs, functional fragments, and fusion proteins, related to beta-lipotropin. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising beta-lipotropin or fragments and/or analogs thereof, and methods for treating diabetes and complications associated therewith by administration of an effective amount of beta-lipotropin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: John Edward Hale, Mark Louis Heiman, Brigitte Elisabeth Schoner, Jon Paul Butler, William Francis Heath, Gerald Wayne Becker, Alexander David Varshavsky