Patents by Inventor Clinton C. MacDonald

Clinton C. MacDonald 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).

  • Variant cleavage stimulation factor and its encoding nucleic acid
    Patent number: 7166713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated human nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide which controls RNA polyadenylation, an isolated mouse nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide which controls RNA polyadenylation, and nucleic acid constructs, host cells and an expression system incorporating the nucleic acid molecules. The present invention also discloses methods of diagnosing male infertility; a method of contraception for mammals; and a method for diagnosing a cancerous condition in a subject using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Texas Techn University
    Inventors: Brinda Dass, Clinton C. MacDonald, Allison Michelle Wallace-Shannon
  • Variant cleavage stimulation factor and its encoding nucleic acid
    Publication number: 20030215833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated human nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide which controls RNA polyadenylation, an isolated mouse nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide which controls RNA polyadenylation, and nucleic acid constructs, host cells and an expression system incorporating the nucleic acid molecules. The present invention also discloses methods of diagnosing male infertility; a method of contraception for mammals; and a method for diagnosing a cancerous condition in a subject using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Brinda Dass, Clinton C. MacDonald, Allison Michelle Wallace-Shannon