Patents by Inventor Glen Byrns

Glen Byrns 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).

  • Methods of detecting periodic paralysis in horses
    Patent number: 5356777
    Abstract: Methods for detecting the mutation in the horse adult skeletal muscle sodium channel alpha-subunit gene that causes hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis in horses is provided based on a mutation in the sodium channel region IV, S.sub.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: Eric P. Hoffman, Sharon J. Spier, Jeffrey A. Rudolph, Glen Byrns, Domenico Bernoco