Patents by Inventor Jacob Seilo Torgersen

Jacob Seilo Torgersen 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).

  • HSMI disease resistance in salmonids
    Patent number: 11603564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of predicting resistance to heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in salmonids, the method comprising determining the alleles present at a DNA polymorphism in the salmonid and predicting whether or not the salmonid is resistant to heart and skeletal muscle inflammation based on the determination of the alleles. The invention also relates to related methods of detecting, in a sample from a salmonid, the alleles present at a DNA polymorphism associated with resistance to heart and skeletal muscle inflammation, methods for obtaining an indication of risk of a salmonid developing heart and skeletal muscle inflammation, uses of such DNA polymorphisms, and methods of detecting, in a sample from a salmonid, one or more salmonid gene variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: AQUAGEN AS
    Inventors: Jacob Seilø Torgersen, Torkjel Bruheim, Vibeke Evenstad Emilsen, Thomas Moen, Nina Santi
  • HSMI DISEASE RESISTANCE IN SALMONIDS
    Publication number: 20200190584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of predicting resistance to heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in salmonids, the method comprising determining the alleles present at a DNA polymorphism in the salmonid and predicting whether or not the salmonid is resistant to heart and skeletal muscle inflammation based on the determination of the alleles. The invention also relates to related methods of detecting, in a sample from a salmonid, the alleles present at a DNA polymorphism associated with resistance to heart and skeletal muscle inflammation, methods for obtaining an indication of risk of a salmonid developing heart and skeletal muscle inflammation, uses of such DNA polymorphisms, and methods of detecting, in a sample from a salmonid, one or more salmonid gene variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jacob Seilø Torgersen, Torkjel Bruheim, Vibeke Evenstad Emilsen, Thomas Moen, Nina Santi
  • Test for predicting the ability of a salmonid to utilise dietary pigment
    Patent number: 10604803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of predicting the ability of a salmonid to utilise dietary pigment, the method comprising determining the alleles present at one or more DNA polymorphism in the abcg 2 gene in the salmonid and predicting the ability of the salmonid to utilise dietary pigment based on the determination of the alleles. Such a method may be used in a method of selecting a salmonid for use as broodstock. The present invention also relates to a method of genome editing in order to create a salmonid with an increased ability to utilise dietary pigment, the method comprising editing the genome of the salmonid in order to introduce one or more red allele of a DNA polymorphism in the abcg2 gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: AQUAGEN AS
    Inventors: Thomas Moen, Jacob Seilo Torgersen
  • Predicting resistance to viral infection
    Patent number: 10577663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of predicting resistance to a viral infection in a subject, the method comprising determining in the subject the variant present at one or more amino acid position in a cadherin protein, and/or the alleles present at one or more DNA polymorphism in the gene for cadherin, and predicting whether or not the subject is resistant to viral infection based on the determination of the variant and/or the alleles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Aqua Gen AS
    Inventors: Thomas Moen, Jacob Seilo Torgersen, Nina K. Santi
  • TEST FOR PREDICTING THE ABILITY OF A SALMONID TO UTILISE DIETARY PIGMENT
    Publication number: 20190002976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of predicting the ability of a salmonid to utilise dietary pigment, the method comprising determining the alleles present at one or more DNA polymorphism in the abcg 2 gene in the salmonid and predicting the ability of the salmonid to utilise dietary pigment based on the determination of the alleles. Such a method may be used in a method of selecting a salmonid for use as broodstock. The present invention also relates to a method of genome editing in order to create a salmonid with an increased ability to utilise dietary pigment, the method comprising editing the genome of the salmonid in order to introduce one or more red allele of a DNA polymorphism in the abcg2 gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: AQUAGEN AS
    Inventors: Thomas MOEN, Jacob Seilo TORGERSEN
  • PREDICTING RESISTANCE TO VIRAL INFECTION
    Publication number: 20160304974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of predicting resistance to a viral infection in a subject, the method comprising determining in the subject the variant present at one or more amino acid position in a cadherin protein, and/or the alleles present at one or more DNA polymorphism in the gene for cadherin, and predicting whether or not the subject is resistant to viral infection based on the determination of the variant and/or the alleles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Moen, Jacob Seilo Torgersen, Nina K. Santi