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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J O'Connell, Worcester, MA (US);
Alan J Grant, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Worcester Foundation For Biomedical Research, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-92 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of selecting for a compound which modulates the behavior of an insect. In this method, electrical characteristics of an insect chemoreceptor neuron in the presence of control stimulation, then a known chemical modulator of insect activity, and then a test compound are measured after the neuron is contacted therewith. These measurements are compared and the test compound classified based on this comparison.