Patents by Inventor Marielle Afanassieff

Marielle Afanassieff 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).

  • Method for determining the MHC genotype of chickens
    Patent number: 6696253
    Abstract: Disease resistance in domesticated fowl has been associated with the B and Rfp-Y systems of major histocompatability genes. A method for breeding domesticated fowl to produce disease resistant offspring involves selecting at least one parent that has a B genotype, an Rfp-Y genotype or both that is characteristic of disease resistance and mating that parent with a second parent to produce a disease resistant offspring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: City of Hope
    Inventors: Marcia M. Miller, W. Elwood Briles, Marielle Afanassieff
  • Method for determining the MHC genotype of chickens
    Patent number: 6667164
    Abstract: Disease resistance in domesticated fowl has been associated with the B and Rfp-Y systems of major histocompatability genes. A method for breeding domesticated fowl to produce disease resistant offspring involves selecting at least one parent that has a B genotype, an Rfp-Y genotype or both that is characteristic of disease resistance and mating that parent with a second parent to produce a disease resistant offspring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees for Northern Illinois University, City of Hope
    Inventors: Marcia M. Miller, Marielle Afanassieff, W. Elwood Briles
  • Method for breeding disease resistant domesticated fowl
    Publication number: 20020083482
    Abstract: Disease resistance in domesticated fowl has been associated with the B and Rfp-Y systems of major histocompatability genes. A method for breeding domesticated fowl to produce disease resistant offspring involves selecting at least one parent that has a B genotype, an Rfp-Y genotype or both that is characteristic of disease resistance and mating that parent with a second parent to produce a disease resistant offspring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Marcia M. Miller, W. Elwood Briles, Marielle Afanassieff
  • Methods for haplotyping Rfp-Y and B-F genes in chicken
    Patent number: 6242182
    Abstract: A method for determining the Rfp-Y or B-F haplotype of a chicken which involves a nucleic acid amplification-single-stranded conformational polymorphism (“SSCP”) method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: City of Hope
    Inventors: Marcia M. Miller, Marielle Afanassieff, W. Elwood Briles
  • Method for breeding chickens
    Patent number: 5944652
    Abstract: Disease resistance in chickens has been associated with the Rfp-Y system of major histocompatability genes in chickens. A method for breeding chickens to produce disease resistant offspring involves selecting at least one parent that has an Rfp-Y haplotype that is characteristic of disease resistance and mating that parent with a second parent to produce a disease resistant offspring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignees: City of Hope, Bd. of Trustees for Nor. Ill. Univ.
    Inventors: Marcia M. Miller, Marielle Afanassieff, W. Elwood Briles