Patents by Inventor James G. Busby

James G. Busby 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).

  • G-protein fusion receptors and constructs encoding same
    Patent number: 7262280
    Abstract: The present invention features G-protein fusion receptors and chimeric GABAB receptors (GABABRs), nucleic acid encoding such receptors, and the use of such receptors and nucleic acid. G-protein fusion receptors comprise at least one domain from a CaR, an mGluR, and/or a GABAB receptor fused directly or through a linker to a guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G-protein). Chimeric GABABRs comprise at least one of a GABABR extracellular domain, a GABABR transmembrane domain, or a GABABR intracellular domain and one or more domains from a mGluR subtype 8 (mGluR8) and/or a CaR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Stormann, Lance G. Hammerland, Laura L. Storjohann, James G. Busby, James E. Garrett, Rachel T. Simin