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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:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
May. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Paul J. Carter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nancy Y. Chiang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kyung Jin Kim, Los Altos, CA (US);
William Matthews, Woodside, CA (US);
Maria L. Rodrigues, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul J. Carter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nancy Y. Chiang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kyung Jin Kim, Los Altos, CA (US);
William Matthews, Woodside, CA (US);
Maria L. Rodrigues, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for identifying antibodies that decrease body weight, fat depot weight or food intake in an obese animal are provided, as well as antibodies. Preferred antibodies bind to a reactor having a WSX motif and the extracellular domain sequence within SEQ ID NO:2.