US Patent 7939257 Polymorphic GHSR nucleic acids and uses thereof

Patent 7939257 was granted and assigned to Third Wave Technologies on May, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Third Wave Technologies

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7939257

Date of Patent

May 10, 2011

Patent Application Number

11914326

Date Filed

May 12, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Jeanine A. Goldberg

Patent abstract

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for predicting the risk of obesity. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for determining a subject's risk of obesity based on the presence of polymorphisms in the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR).