Patents by Inventor Michelle M. Sims

Michelle M. Sims 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).

  • Culture of totipotent embryonic inner cells mass cells and production of bovine animals
    Patent number: 6107543
    Abstract: The use of totipotent embryonic stem cells to provide substantially identical cells for embryo cloning techniques is described. The method includes the culture of loose suspensions of inner cell mass cells of bovine animals to retrieve large populations of stem cells. The invention also describes the use of stem cells in various genetic manipulation techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Infigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle M. Sims, Neal L. First
  • Bovine embryo medium
    Patent number: 5096822
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bovine embryo culture medium. The medium includes a culture solution containing the nutritional substances necessary to support a bovine embryo. One of the nutritional substances is hemicalcium lactate in an amount effective to maintain the health and viability of the bovine embryo. The culture medium is a preferred nuclear transfer medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignees: W. R. Grace & Co.- Conn., Charles F. Rosenkrans, Jr., Michelle M. Sims
    Inventors: Charles F. Rosenkrans, Jr., Carol L. Keefer, Michelle M. Sims