Patents by Inventor Kenneth Grant Dodds

Kenneth Grant Dodds 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
  • METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE ORIGIN OF A COMPOUND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20090148835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an identification method. In particular, a method for identifying the origin of a compound biological product, including the batch of origin, but also in some cases the actual biological sources of a compound biological product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: AgResearch Limited
    Inventors: Vanessa M. Cave, Allan Muirhead Crawford, Kenneth Grant Dodds, Helen Catherine Mathias, Grant Henry Shackell