Patents by Inventor Marcia Monaco-Seigel

Marcia Monaco-Seigel 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).

  • Animals expressing exogenous IGF-I in their milk
    Publication number: 20040064841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to animals that express exogenous growth factors in their milk, and in particular to pigs that express exogenous IGF-I in their milk. The present invention also relates to methods for increasing piglet weight gain and intestinal lactase activity. The present invention thus provides a method of facilitating piglet development and decreasing piglet mortality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Matthew B. Wheeler, Sharon M. Donovan, Gregory T. Bleck, Marcia Monaco-Seigel
  • Ungulates expressing exogenous IGF-I in their milk
    Patent number: 6677500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to animals that express exogenous growth factors in their milk, and in particular to pigs that express exogenous IGF-I in their milk. The present invention also relates to methods for increasing piglet weight gain and intestinal lactase activity. The present invention thus provides a method of facilitating piglet development and decreasing piglet mortality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Matthew B. Wheeler, Sharon M. Donovan, Gregory T. Bleck, Marcia Monaco-Seigel
  • Animals expressing exogenous IGF-I in their milk
    Publication number: 20020144296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to animals that express exogenous growth factors in their milk, and in particular to pigs that express exogenous IGF-I in their milk. The present invention also relates to methods for increasing piglet weight gain and intestinal lactase activity. The present invention thus provides a method of facilitating piglet development and decreasing piglet mortality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Matthew B. Wheeler, Sharon M. Donovan, Gregory T. Bleck, Marcia Monaco-Seigel