Merck + Co., Inc.

Display Technologies, Inc.

Other

Andrew D Howard

Leonardus H T Van Der Ploeg

Roy G Smith

Scott D Feighner

Carina P Tan

Marty Illers

Qingyun Liu

Karen Kulju McKee

Stephen J Cress

Kevin R Lynch

Douglas J MacNeil

Sheng-Shung Pong

Arthur A Patchett

Paul A Liberator

Michael A Botta

Doris F Cully

Hui Zheng

David L Williams

Joseph P Arena

Margaret A Cascieri

Anthony Camello

Matthew Pichel

Daniel C Riley

Bruce Gommermann

Kathleen A Sullivan

James M Schaeffer

Theodore N Mellin

Steven Francavilla

Alison Strack

Ruiping Wang

Jon A Noce

Qingping Jiang

Mark Charles Biddison

Michael M Jiang

Oksana C Palyha

Terrence P McDonald

Lee-Yuh Pai

A product display unit includes a track, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a width adjustment feature. The track defines a longitudinal axis and is configured to support a plurality of products thereon. The first sidewall is disposed adjacent the track. The second sidewall is disposed adjacent the track. The width adjustment feature is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the first sidewall. The width adjustment feature enables a distance between the first sidewall and the second sidewall to be changed. The distance is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Product display unit having an adjustable width

A product display unit. The product display unit includes a base, a distal section, and an extension. The base includes a track that defines a longitudinal axis and that is configured to support a plurality of products thereon. The distal section is configured to releasably engage a distal portion of the base. The extension is configured to selectively engage the distal portion of the base.

Product display unit with extension

A guide assembly for a displaying a plurality of products is disclosed. The guide assembly includes a base, a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall. The base includes a product-supporting surface defining a longitudinal axis. Each lateral wall includes a plurality of support members and a rail. The support members extend upwardly from a lateral side of the base. The rail is spaced above the base and extends along portions of the support members. A proximal-most support member of the first lateral wall is longitudinally offset from a proximal-most support member of the second lateral wall.

Merchandising system and method of use

A product display unit including a width extension includes a first lateral sidewall, a second lateral sidewall, and a track. The first lateral sidewall is configured to releasably engage a sidewall of a product display member. The second lateral sidewall includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The second segment is parallel to the first lateral sidewall. The first segment is disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment. The third segment is disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment. The track is disposed between the first lateral sidewall and the second lateral sidewall. The track is configured to support products thereon.

Product display unit including width extension

A product display member is disclosed. The product display member includes an attachment portion, an elongated portion, a light source, and an information display portion. The attachment portion is configured to engage a portion of a shelf. The elongated portion is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the attachment portion. The elongated portion defines a lumen extending at least partially therethrough. The light source is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the lumen. The information display portion is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the elongated portion.

Product display members

A merchandising system for a displaying a plurality of products is disclosed. The system includes a base and a product tray. The base includes a product-supporting surface which defines a longitudinal axis. The product tray is disposed adjacent a proximal portion of the base, includes a product-supporting surface, and is pivotal with respect to the base.

A door handle display member is disclosed. The door handle display member includes an inner portion and a housing. The inner portion is configured to releasably engage a door handle, such that the inner portion at least partially surrounds the door handle. The housing is configured to engage the inner portion, such that the housing at least partially surrounds the inner portion. The housing is configured to engage a graphic panel.

Door handle display members

A product display unit for use on a shelf. The product display unit includes a bottom member and a tail. The bottom member has a track defining a longitudinal axis. The track is configured to support a plurality of products thereon. The tail is disposed in mechanical cooperation with a distal portion of the track. The tail is movable from a first position where the tail is parallel to the track to a second position where the tail is disposed at an angle with respect to the track.

Product display unit with movable tail

The present application features two different forms of the human MCH receptor: (1) MCH-R2 and (2) MCH-R3. Such MCH receptors provide a target for achieving a beneficial affect in a patient and facilitate the screening of compounds that modulate MCH receptor activity or expression. Beneficial effects that can be obtained include increasing appetite, decreasing appetite, and reducing stress.

Nucleic acid encoding melanin-concentrating hormone receptor

The motilin receptor has been isolated and cloned, and nucleic acid sequences are given. Two spice variants have been identified. Also, assays for motilin receptor ligands are given. The identification of the cloned motilin receptor may be used to screen and identify compounds which bind to the receptor for use in a variety of gastric conditions, including gastric motility disorders.

Cloning and identification of the motilin receptor

A new neuromedin U receptor, designated NMUR2 has been found, which is involved in modulation of feeding behavior in mammals. Ligands of this receptor are able to modulate eating, and weight gain. Amino acid sequences of the human and rat forms, as well as their nucleic acid sequences are given.

Neuromedin U receptor NMUR2 and nucleotides encoding it

The present invention relates to DNA molecules encoding splice variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC-R1) protein belonging to the rhodopsin sub-family of G-protein coupled receptors, recombinant vectors comprising DNA molecules encoding MC-R1B protein, recombinant host cells which contain a recombinant vector encoding MC-R1B, the human MC-R1B protein encoded by the DNA molecule, and methods of identifying selective agonists and antagonists of MC-R1B proteins disclosed throughout this specification.

DNA molecules encoding splice variants of the human melanocortin 1 receptor protein

A mouse growth hormone secretagogue receptor has been isolated, cloned and sequenced. This receptor is characteristic of the G-protein family of receptors. Mouse growth hormone secretagogue receptors may be used to screen and identify compoumds which bind to the mouse growth hormone secretagogue receptor. Such compounds may be used in the treatment of conditions which occur when there is a shortage of growth hormone, such as observed in growth hormone deficient children, elderly patients with musculoskeletal impairment and those recovering from hip fracture and osteoporosis. Targeted disruption of the mouse GHS-R gene may prove useful in elucidation of the mechanism of action and role of the growth hormone secretagogues in human and animal physiology.

Mouse growth hormone secretagogue receptor

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Park Ridge, NJ, United States of America

Andrew D Howard