Patents by Inventor Esmail Behbodi

Esmail Behbodi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Transgenic and cloned mammals
    Publication number: 20030177513
    Abstract: The invention features cloned and transgenic mammals, e.g., goats, which are made by introducing the genome of a somatic cell into an enucleated oocyte, preferably a naturally matured oocyte which in telophase, to form a reconstructed embryo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Yann Echelard, Esmail Behbodi, Carol Ziomek, William Gavin, David Melican
  • Methods of reconstructed goat embryo transfer
    Patent number: 6580017
    Abstract: The invention features methods of producing a mammal, e.g., a cloned or transgenic mammal. The method includes maintaining a reconstructed embryo in culture until the embryo is in the 2 to 8 cell stage of embryogenesis, transferring the embryo at the 2 to 8 cell stage into a recipient mammal, and allowing the embryo to develop into a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Genzyme Transgenics Corporation
    Inventors: Yann Echelard, Esmail Behbodi, William Gavin, David Melican