Patents by Inventor Mark A. Hoon

Mark A. Hoon 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).

  • Mammalian sweet and amino acid heterodimeric taste receptors
    Publication number: 20030166137
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet or amino acid taste receptors comprising two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet and amino acid taste receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Greg Nelson, Yifeng Zhang, Nicholas J.P. Ryba, Mark A. Hoon
  • Mammalian sweet taste receptors
    Publication number: 20030040045
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet taste receptors comprising two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet taste receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Gregory A. Nelson, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Yifeng Zhang, Nicholas J.P. Ryba, Mark A. Hoon