Patents by Inventor Kil-Young Song

Kil-Young Song 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).

  • Patent number: 6590139
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing cloned cows by employing in vitro maturation of oocytes and nuclear transfer techniques. The method comprises collecting donor somatic cell lines from cows; maturing oocytes extracted from an ovary in vitro; enucleating the oocyte by cutting a portion of the zona pellucida and squeezing out a portion of the cytoplasm, including the first polar body; inserting the donor somatic cell into the oocyte; electrofusing the cells to produce embryos; post-activating the embryos; transferring them into surrogate cows to produce cloned calves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventors: Byeong-Chun Lee, Tae-Young Shin, Sang-Ho Roh, Jeong-Muk Lim, Jong-Im Park, Jong-Ki Cho, Ki-Yon Kim, Eun-Song Lee, Soo-Jung Shin, Sung-Ki Kim, Kil-Young Song, Woo-Suk Hwang