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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. 18, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter McIntyre, London, GB;
Iain Fraser James, London, GB;
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/02 ; C12P 2/106 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/02 ; C12P 2/106 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
The isolated nucleic acid encoding human vanilloid receptor, said receptor, its preparation, cells expressing said receptor and an assay for testing compounds for their potential to decrease pain in human are disclosed. The receptor is involved in detection of noxious stimuli in mammalian organisms.