Patents by Inventor Luigi Bouchard

Luigi Bouchard 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).

  • Obesity Markers And Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20080153084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identification of a nucleotide substitution in the gene encoding for the neuromedin- or quantifying its levels of mRNA, to allow the determination of the susceptibility or predisposition of a patient to obesity, or to disinhibition or susceptibility to hunger. Determination of the susceptibility or predisposition to obesity or to hunger disinhibition can alternatively be determined by the identification of an amino acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Universite Laval
    Inventors: Louis Perusse, Luigi Bouchard