Patents by Inventor Marc Boelhauve

Marc Boelhauve 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).

  • Publication number: 20100298154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for categorizing samples containing spermatozoa by obtaining a RNA profile in said sample by hybridization and/or sequencing techniques, wherein the RNA is preferably selected from messenger RNA (mRNA), noncoding RNA (ncRNA) and micro RNA (miRNA). The present invention relates further to the use of RNA profiles and/or translation product profiles as selection criterions, such as fertility and breeding selection, of the sample donor. The present invention allows for distinguishing male and female spermatozoa of a sample and subsequently separating male and female spermatozoa. With the methods of the invention categorized samples as well as male and female spermatozoa can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Simmet, Eckhard Wolf, Helmut Blum, Stefan Bauersachs, Marc Boelhauve, Stefan Krebs