Patents by Inventor Richard J. Reimer

Richard J. Reimer 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).

  • Glutamate transporters
    Patent number: 6818391
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the identification of a novel class of glutamate transporters. In particular, this invention pertains to the discovery that proteins originally considered to perform an entirely different function (BNPI, DNPI, etc.), in fact, transport glutamate into synaptic vesicles. Designated VGLUT glutamate transporters, the transporters provide good targets with which to screen for modulators of glutamate uptake into synaptic vesicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Robert H. Edwards, Elizabeth E. Bellocchio, Robert T. Fremeau, Jr., Richard J. Reimer
  • Vesicular amino acid transporter composition and method
    Patent number: 6660846
    Abstract: Disclosed are invertebrate and vertebrate synaptic vesicle amino acid transporter compositions which define a novel family of transporter proteins, recombinant vectors and cells comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding vertebrate synaptic vesicle amino acid transporter proteins and antibodies directed against such proteins. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such compositions in screening assays and treatment regimens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of CA, University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert H. Edwards, Richard J. Reimer, Steven L. McIntire, Erik M. Jorgensen, Kim Schuske
  • Novel glutamate transporters
    Publication number: 20020098473
    Abstract: This invention pertains to the identification of a novel class of glutamate transporters. In particular, this invention pertains to the discovery that proteins originally considered to perform an entirely different function (BNPI, DNPI, etc.), in fact, transport glutamate into synaptic vesicles. Designated VGLUT glutamate transporters, the transporters provide good targets with which to screen for modulators of glutamate uptake into synaptic vesicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Robert H. Edwards, Elizabeth E. Bellocchio, Robert T. Fremeau, Richard J. Reimer