Patents by Inventor Mark T. Griffith

Mark T. Griffith 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).

  • NOVEL FUSION PARTNERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CRYSTALLIZING G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS
    Publication number: 20170218047
    Abstract: GPCR-fusion partner proteins comprising G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) of GPCRs and fusion partners such as rubredoxin, cytochrome b562 RIL (Bril, bRIL, BRIL), T4 lysozyme C-terminal fragment (C-term-T4L), flavodoxin, or xylanase either substituted for some or all of the third intracellular loop of the GPCR between the fifth and sixth helix of the GPCR are described or attached to an terminus or C terminus of the GPCR. GPCR-fusion partner proteins in crystalline form, optionally of a quality suitable for x-ray crystallographic structure determination of the GPCR, are described. Methods of using fusion partners in GPCR-fusion partner proteins to support crystallization of GPCR-fusion partner proteins for x-ray crystallographic structure determination of the GPCR, are described. Methods of identifying other suitable fusion partners through screening of protein data banks are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Michael A. Hanson, Christopher B. Roth, Raymond C. Stevens, Joshua M. Kunken, Mark T. Griffith, Aaron A. Thompson, Wei Liu, Fei Xu, Vsevolod Katritch, Vadim Cherezov
  • GLP-1 receptor stabilizers and modulators
    Patent number: 8816121
    Abstract: Compounds that bind the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1) receptor are provided including compounds which are modulators of the GLP-1 receptors and compounds which are capable of inducing a stabilizing effect on the receptor for use in structural analysis of the GLP-1 receptor. Methods of synthesis, methods of therapeutic and/or prophylactic use, and methods of use in stabilizing GLP-1 receptor in vitro for crystallization of the GLP-1 receptor of such compounds are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Receptos, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus F. Boehm, Esther Martinborough, Manisha Moorjani, Liming Huang, Junko Tamiya, Mark T. Griffith, Thomas Fowler, Andrew Novak, Michael Knaggs, Premji Meghani
  • NOVEL GLP-1 RECEPTOR STABILIZERS AND MODULATORS
    Publication number: 20140031290
    Abstract: Compounds that bind the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1) receptor are provided including compounds which are modulators of the GLP-1 receptors and compounds which are capable of inducing a stabilizing effect on the receptor for use in structural analyses of the GLP-1 receptor. Methods of synthesis, methods of therapeutic and/or prophylactic use, and methods of use in stabilizing GLP-1 receptor in vitro for crystallization of the GLP-1 receptor of such compounds are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Marcus F. Boehm, Esther Martinborough, Manisha Moorjani, Liming Huang, Junko Tamiya, Mark T. Griffith, Thomas Fowler, Andrew Novak, Michael Knaggs, Premji Meghani
  • GLP-1 receptor stabilizers and modulators
    Patent number: 8501982
    Abstract: Compounds that bind the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1) receptor are provided including compounds which are modulators of the GLP-1 receptors and compounds which are capable of inducing a stabilizing effect on the receptor for use in structural analyses of the GLP-1 receptor. Methods of synthesis, methods of therapeutic and/or prophylactic use, and methods of use in stabilizing GLP-1 receptor in vitro for crystallization of the GLP-1 receptor of such compounds are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Receptos, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus F. Boehm, Esther Martinborough, Manisha Moorjani, Liming Huang, Junko Tamiya, Mark T. Griffith, Thomas Fowler, Andrew Novak, Michael Knaggs, Premji Meghani
  • NOVEL FUSION PARTNERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CRYSTALLIZING G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS
    Publication number: 20120288913
    Abstract: GPCR-fusion partner proteins comprising G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) of GPCRs and fusion partners such as rubredoxin, cytochrome b562 RIL (Bril, bRIL, BRIL), T4 lysozyme C-terminal fragment (Cterm-T4L), flavodoxin, or xylanase either substituted for some or all of the third intracellular loop of the GPCR between the fifth and sixth helix of the GPCR are described or attached to an terminus or C terminus of the GPCR. GPCR-fusion partner proteins in crystalline form, optionally of a quality suitable for x-ray crystallographic structure determination of the GPCR, are described. Methods of using fusion partners in GPCR-fusion partner proteins to support crystallization of GPCR-fusion partner proteins for x-ray crystallographic structure determination of the GPCR, are described. Methods of identifying other suitable fusion partners through screening of protein data banks are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicants: The Scripps Research Institute, RECEPTOS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. HANSON, Christopher B. Roth, Raymond C. Stevens, Joshua M. Kunken, Mark T. Griffith, Aaron A. Thompson, Wei Liu, Fei Xu, Vsevolod Katritch
  • NOVEL GLP-1 RECEPTOR STABILIZERS AND MODULATORS
    Publication number: 20110306542
    Abstract: Compounds that bind the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1) receptor are provided including compounds which are modulators of the GLP-1 receptors and compounds which are capable of inducing a stabilizing effect on the receptor for use in structural analyses of the GLP-1 receptor. Methods of synthesis, methods of therapeutic and/or prophylactic use, and methods of use in stabilizing GLP-1 receptor in vitro for crystallization of the GLP-1 receptor of such compounds are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Receptos, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus F. Boehm, Esther Martinborough, Manisha Moorjani, Liming Huang, Junko Tamiya, Mark T. Griffith, Thomas Fowler, Andrew Novak, Michael Knaggs, Premji Meghani