Patents by Inventor Yuh N. Jan

Yuh N. Jan 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 inward rectifier potassium channel cDNA, IRK1, corresponding vectors, and transformed cells
    Patent number: 5492825
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to two separate and distinct inward rectifier K.sup.+ channel expression products and the the genes which encode each expression product. The IRK1 gene (SEQ. ID NO: 1) encodes an inward rectifier K.sup.+ channel and the GIRK1 gene (SEQ. ID NO: 31) encodes a G protein coupled muscarinic K.sup.+ channel. The disclosure relates to the uses of these expression products, particularly in combination with identifying physiological processes mediated by these channels, such as regulation of heartbeat and insulin release and materials modulating or blocking same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Lily Y. Jan, Yuh N. Jan, Yoshihiro Kubo