Patents by Inventor Uri Ashery

Uri Ashery 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).

  • Unc-13 in the modulation of neurotransmission and secretion events
    Publication number: 20060008800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying and/or obtaining a molecule which is capable of modifying secretion processes comprising the steps of a) contacting an unc-13 molecule or (a) part(s) or (a) fragment(s) thereof with a candidate molecule; b) measuring and/or detecting a response; and c) comparing said response to a standard response as measured in the absence of said candidate molecule. Furthermore, a method for identifying and/or obtaining a isoform-specific modulator of isoform-specific Munc13 activity is disclosed. The invention also provides for pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions as well as for uses of antagonist or agonists as identified and/or obtained by the inventive method for the preparation of pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Christian Rosenmund, Nils Brose, Jeong-Seon Rhee, Andrea Betz, Jens Rettig, Uri Ashery, Harald Junge