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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:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
C. Thomas Caskey, Houston, TX (US);
Patricia Hey, Lansdale, PA (US);
John W. Hess, Lansdale, PA (US);
Michael Sean Phillips, Lansdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/512 ; C07K 1/472 ; A61K 3/817 ; G01N 3/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/512 ; C07K 1/472 ; A61K 3/817 ; G01N 3/353 ;
Abstract
The ob receptor has numerous isoforms resulting from alternative splicaing; three novel isoforms, designated c′, f, and g are disclosed. The nucleic acids encoding these isoforms are taught. Also part of the invention are vectors containing the nucleic acid encoding the receptors, host cells transformed with these genes, and assays which use the genes or protein isoforms.