Patents by Inventor Henry J. Leese

Henry J. Leese 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 assessing the viability of thawed developmentally competent embryos
    Patent number: 8143060
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of assessing the viability of a thawed cell wherein the cell is a gamete, an embryo, a karyoplast, a putative stem cell population, a stem cell precursor population or a stem cell population. The method includes incubating the thawed cell in a culture medium including a plurality of amino acids and determining the change in concentration in the medium of at least one amino acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Novocellus Limited
    Inventors: Henry J. Leese, Franchesca D. Houghton
  • Assessment Method
    Publication number: 20100223681
    Abstract: A method of assessing the viability of a cell comprises incubating the cell in a culture medium. The culture medium includes a plurality of amino acids and the change in concentration in the medium of at least one amino acid is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Henry J. Leese, Mark Coles, Roger Sturmey
  • METHOD OF ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF THAWED CELLS
    Publication number: 20090239207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of assessing the viability of a thawed cell wherein the cell is a gamete, an embryo, a karyoplast, a putative stem cell population, a stem cell precursor population or a stem cell population. The method includes incubating the thawed cell in a culture medium including a plurality of amino acids and determining the change in concentration in the medium of at least one amino acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Henry J. Leese, Franchesca D. Houghton