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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:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carina Tan, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Kathleen Sullivan, Springfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/511 ; C12N 5/10 ; C12N 1/512 ; C12N 1/563 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/511 ; C12N 5/10 ; C12N 1/512 ; C12N 1/563 ;
Abstract
A new galanin receptor, GALR2, is described. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding same and various assays to identify ligands particular to said receptor. Ligands so identified are useful for the treatment of obesity, treatment of pain, and treatment of cognitive disorders.