Patents by Inventor Robert Franklin Margolskee

Robert Franklin Margolskee 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).

  • Methods of identifying molecules that provide or enhance sweet taste
    Patent number: 9012161
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for identifying a molecule that provides or enhances a sweet taste in the mouth and compositions containing such molecules. The methods involve determining the effect of a variety of known or new compounds on expression or functional activity of a glucose-transporter protein of the activity of an ATP-gated K+ channel (KATP) in a mammalian oral cell, taste cell, or heterologous cell that expresses the protein or channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Monell Chemical Senses Center
    Inventor: Robert Franklin Margolskee
  • Compositions and Methods for Providing or Modulating Sweet Taste or Methods of Screening Therefor
    Publication number: 20130280371
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for identifying a molecule that provides or enhances a sweet taste in the mouth and compositions containing such molecules. The methods involve determining the effect of a variety of known or new compounds on expression or functional activity of a glucose-transporter protein of the activity of an ATP-gated K+ channel (KATP) in a mammalian oral cell, taste cell, or heterologous cell that expresses the protein or channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER
    Inventor: Robert Franklin Margolskee