Patents by Inventor John Colin McEwan

John Colin McEwan 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).

  • OVINE IDENTIFICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20110033849
    Abstract: The invention relates to method for identifying an ovine with a genotype indicative of one or more altered performance traits, the method including the step of detecting, in a sample derived from the ovine, the presence of at least one allele of the CP34 simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker, or at least one allele of a marker in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with CP34, wherein the presence of the allele is indicative of the altered performance traits in the ovine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: John Colin McEwan, Natalie Kathleen Weston, Gemma Marie Payne, Nessa Helena O'Sullivan, Benoit Nel Etienne Elisabeth Auvray, Kenneth Grant Dodds