Patents by Inventor Carina Danielle A. Nezer

Carina Danielle A. Nezer 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).

  • Selecting animals for parentally imprinted traits
    Patent number: 7255987
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods to select breeding animals or animals destined for slaughter for having desired genotypic or potential phenotypic properties, in particular related to muscle mass and/or fat deposition. The invention provides a method for selecting a pig for having desired genotypic or potential phenotypic properties comprising testing a sample from said pig for the presence of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) located at a Sus scrofa chromosome 2 mapping at position 2p1.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignees: Melica HB, University of Liege, Seghersgentec N.V.
    Inventors: Leif Andersson, Michel Georges, Geert Spincemaille, Carina Danielle A. Nezer