Patents by Inventor Josephine Yuen-Wai Lai

Josephine Yuen-Wai Lai 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).

  • Neurokinin receptor cell lines
    Patent number: 5807742
    Abstract: A method for producing high level expression of neuropeptide receptors and stable cell lines useful therein. This method involves culturing a cell line containing amplified copies of a cDNA sequence encoding a neuropeptide receptor containing an expression control sequence taken from the .beta.-actin transcriptional control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Josephine Yuen-Wai Lai, Alden Keith Henderson, Stephen Henderson Buck, William R. Roeske, Henry J. Yamamura, Shigetada Nakanishi