Patents Examined by Sumesh Kauahal
  • Methods and compounds for modulating male fertility
    Patent number: 6797473
    Abstract: The invention features methods and reagents useful for the treatment of excessive or insufficient apoptosis in cells, and, particularly, in germ-line cells. The invention is useful in treating testicular cancers, cancers of germ-line cells, cancers in non-germ-line cell tissues, infertility (e.g., male infertility), and for birth control (e.g., male birth control).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Robert G. Korneluk, Mark Lagacé
  • Vectors in avian transgenesis
    Patent number: 6730822
    Abstract: This invention provides vectors and methods for the stable introduction of exogenous nucleic acid sequences into the genome of a bird and for expressing said exogenous sequences to alter the phenotype of the bird or to produce desired proteins. In particular, transgenic chickens are produced which express exogenous sequences in their oviducts. Eggs which contain exogenous proteins are also produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: AviGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Ivarie, Alex J. Harvey, Julie A. Morris, Guodong Liu, Jeffrey C. Rapp