Patents by Inventor Barbara J. Corn

Barbara J. Corn 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).

  • Gene transfer using transformed, neodetermined, embryonic cells
    Patent number: 5032407
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for the preparation of carrier cells capable of delivering exogenous genetic material to a particular tissue of the body by means of embryonic cells competent to develop into that tissue, and essentially only that tissue, said cells bearing the exogenous genetic material. The preferred carrier cells are mesodermal cells of the yolk sac or embryonic forebrain or midbrain cells, and the desired genetic material is preferably introduced into the cells by in vitro transformation with an amphotrophic retroviral vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Ohio University Edison Animal Biotechnology Center
    Inventors: Thomas E. Wagner, Michael A. Reed, Barbara J. Corn