Patents by Inventor Erwin Schurr

Erwin Schurr 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).

  • Method of identification of animals resistant or susceptible to disease such as ruminant brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and salmonellosis
    Patent number: 6114118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods for identifying animals that are resistant or susceptible to diseases associated with intracellular parasites such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and salmonellosis. More particularly, the present invention relates to the identification of a gene, called NRAMP1, which is associated with the susceptibility or resistance of an animal, such as an artiodactyla to diseases such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and salmonellosis. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to the identification of specific sequences of bovine NRAMP1 which associate with resistance or susceptibility to ruminant brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and salmonellosis, and to the method of identifying said sequences to identify animals who are susceptible or resistant to disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignees: Texas A&M University System, McGill University
    Inventors: Joe W. Templeton, Jianwei Feng, L. Garry Adams, Erwin Schurr, Philippe Gros, Donald S. Davis, Roger Smith, III