Patents Assigned to Synageva BioPharm Corp.
  • Transgenic chickens that lay eggs containing exogenous proteins
    Patent number: 7521591
    Abstract: This invention provides eggs which contain exogenous proteins. The invention further provides transgenic chickens which express exogenous sequences in their oviducts, and vectors and methods for the stable introduction of exogenous nucleic acid sequences into the genome of a bird for expressing said exogenous sequences to alter the phenotype of the bird or to produce desired proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignees: Synageva BioPharm Corp., University of Georgia Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert D. Ivarie, Alex J. Harvey, Julie A. Morris, Guodong Liu