Patents by Inventor Merete Fredholm

Merete Fredholm 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).

  • Detecting the brachyspina mutation
    Patent number: 10174374
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for the detection of a bovine that is affected by or carrier of brachyspina. It is based on the identification of a 3.3 Kb deletion in the bovine FANCI gene that is shown to cause the brachyspina syndrome. The present invention provides methods and uses for determining whether a bovine is affected by or carrier of brachyspina by analyzing its genomic DNA or its RNA. The methods can be used to perform marker assisted selection or genomic selection for increased fertility in said bovine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: Universite de Liege, University of Copenhagen
    Inventors: Michel Georges, Wouter Coppieters, Carole Charlier, Jørgen Steen Agerholm, Merete Fredholm, Peter Karlskov-Mortensen
  • DETECTING A BRACHYSPINA MUTATION
    Publication number: 20150247195
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for the detection of a bovine that is affected by or carrier of brachyspina. It is based on the identification of a 3.3 Kb deletion in the bovine FANCI gene that is shown to cause the brachyspina syndrome. The present invention provides methods and uses for determining whether a bovine is affected by or carrier of brachyspina by analyzing its genomic DNA or its RNA. The methods can be used to perform marker assisted selection or genomic selection for increased fertility in said bovine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Michel Georges, Wouter Coppieters, Carole Charlier, Jørgen Steen Agerholm, Merete Fredholm, Peter Karlskov-Mortensen
  • Porcine polymorphisms and methods for detecting them
    Patent number: 7785778
    Abstract: Identification of a pig as resistant or non-resistant to enterotoxigenic E. Coli (ETEC). Particularly, there is provided methods, probes and DNA molecules involved in identifying a pig as resistant or non-resistant to ETEC. There is also provided methods for breeding pigs using the information of resistance/non-resistance, mixed boar semen, and methods for developing drugs to compensate for non-resistance to ETEC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: University of Copenhagen
    Inventors: Claus Böttcher Jörgensen, Susanna Cirera, Alan Archibald, Leif Andersson, Merete Fredholm, Inger Edfors-Lilia
  • Porcine polymorphisms and methods for detecting them
    Publication number: 20060275763
    Abstract: Identification of a pig as resistant or non-resistant to enterotoxigenic E. Coli (EIEC). Particularly, there is provided methods, probes and DNA molecules involved in identifying a pig as resistant or non-resistant to ETEC. There is also provided methods for breeding pigs using the information of resistance/non-resistance, mixed boar semen, and methods for developing drugs to compensate for non-resistance to ETEC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Claus Jorgensen, Susanna Cirera, Alan Archibald, Leif Andersson, Merete Fredholm, Inger Edfors-Lilia