METHODS OF INCREASING SENSITIVITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO OB PROTEIN BY UPREGULATING OB PROTEIN RECEPTOR - Patent 1001768

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EP 1 001 768 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	24.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/21

(21)	Application number: 97940645.1

(22)	Date of filing: 26.08.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/425

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9715/086

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9808/512 (05.03.1998 Gazette 1998/09)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV RO SI

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Priority:

30.08.1996 US 705981

(71)	Applicant: AMGEN INC.
	Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	PELLEYMOUNTER, Mary, Ann Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 (US)

(74)	Representative: Brown, John David et al
	FORRESTER & BOEHMERTFranz-Joseph-Strasse 38 80801 München 80801 München (DE)

(54)	METHODS OF INCREASING SENSITIVITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO OB PROTEIN BY UPREGULATING OB PROTEIN RECEPTOR