Monday, 16 February 2009

Conotoxin

Patents on Conotoxin

Conotoxins: Conotoxins are neurotoxic peptides isolated from the venom of the marine cone snail, genus Conus. Conotoxins have a variety of mechanisms of actions, most of which have not been determined. However it appears that many of these peptides modulate the activity of ion channels.

Patents: There are totally about 560 patent documents that are published across various countires including Australia (AU), Brazil (BR), Germany (DE), Denmark (DK), Europe (EP), France (FR), Great Britain (GB), Israel (IL), India (IN), Japan (JP), Korea (KR), Sweden (SE) and The United States of America (US)

The first patent published on conotoxin is JP60226899A titled, Conotoxin Analog by Ajinomoto Co Inc. A few key assignees with respect to patenting activity are listed below along with the number of patents, each assignee own.



 UNIV UTAH RES FOUND (26)
 BRAINCELLS INC (12)
 SIRTRIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC (12)
 AJINOMOTO KK (10)
 NEUROMED TECH INC (8)
 COGNETIX INC (7)
 DYNOGEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC (7)
 MICROBIA INC (7)
 BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL (6)
 NEWRON PHARM SPA (6)
 PAINCEPTOR PHARMA CORP (6)
 UNIV CALIFORNIA (6)
 UNIV QUEENSLAND (6)
 UNIV TEXAS (6)
 UNIV UTAH (6)
 HARVARD COLLEGE (5)
 PFIZER (5)
 UNIV JOHNS HOPKINS (5)
 HIBERNATION THERAPEUTICS LTD (4)
 MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY (4)
 UNIV COLUMBIA (4)
 WYETH CORP (4)
 AFFYMAX TECH NV (3)
 ALLERGAN INC (3)
 AMGEN INC (3)
 CAMBRIDGE NEUROSCIENCE INC (3)
 EISAI CO LTD (3)
 ELAN PHARM INC (3)
 GEN HOSPITAL CORP (3)
 MERCK & CO INC (3)
 METABOLIC PHARM LTD (3)
 NEUREX CORP (3)
 ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO (3)
 SALK INST BIOTECH IND (3)
 SOLVAY PHARM BV (3)
 UNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR (3)
 UNIV MARYLAND (3)
 UNIV SYDNEY (3)
 WARNER LAMBERT CO (3)
 A & G PHARMACEUTICAL INC (2)
 ABBOTT GMBH (2)
 CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER (2)
 CYPROS PHARM CORP (2)
 GLOBAL CARDIAC SOLUTIONS PTY L (2)
 IONIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD (2)
 LILLY INDUSTRIES LTD (2)
 NAT CT FOR BIOLOG SCIENCES (2)
 NUVELO INC (2)
 PHARMACIA CORP (2)
 POINT THERAPEUTICS INC (2)
 PPL THERAPEUTICS SCOTLAND LTD (2)
 UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION (2)
 UNIV BROWN RES FOUND (2)
 UNIV OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE (2)
 UNIV ROCHESTER (2)
 US ARMY (2)
 US HEALTH (2)
 ZENECA LTD (2)

Keep watching the blog for more insights and updates on conotoxin with respect to latest patents and literatures across the world.

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