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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:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Maria A. Bednarek, Colonia, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Maria A. Bednarek, Colonia, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merk & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 7/08 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention features truncated MCH analogs active at the MCH receptor. The truncated MCH analogs are optionally modified peptide derivatives of mammalian MCH. The analogs can bind to the MCH receptor and, preferably, bring about signal transduction. MCH analogs have a variety of different uses including being used as a research tool and being used therapeutically.