Patents by Inventor Katherine Anne Smart

Katherine Anne Smart 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).

  • NOVEL METHODS OF DIFFERENTIATING YEAST STRAINS AND/OR DETERMINING GENETIC STABILITY OF YEAST STRAINS, AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110294119
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining the strain or strains of yeast in a sample, comprising: obtaining and screening nucleic acid from yeast for target sequences comprises all or part of a gene, or a flanking region associated with a gene, in the yeast mitochondrial DNA; and determining from the results of the screen the yeast strain or strains in the sample. Also provided is a method of determining the genetic stability of a yeast strain in a sample, wherein one target sequences in the nucleic acid comprises all or part of a gene, or a flanking region associated with a gene, in the yeast mitochondrial DNA or all or part of a gene, or a flanking region associated with a gene, located in the subtelomeric region of a chromosome; and determining from the results of the screen if the yeast strain is genetically stable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
    Inventors: Katherine Anne Smart, Tithira Tirangika Wimalasena, Sarah Michelle Nicholls