The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anneli Attersand, Bromma, SE;
Assignee:
Pharmacia AB, , SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/102 ; C12N 1/21 ; C12N 1/563 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/102 ; C12N 1/21 ; C12N 1/563 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification of a human gene family expressed in metabolically relevant tissues. The genes encode a group polypeptides referred to as “Protein Cluster V” which are predicted to be useful in the diagnosis of metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, as well as in the identification of agents useful in the treatment of the said diseases.