Patents by Inventor Michael Terner

Michael Terner 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).

  • METHOD OF DETECTING AND REDUCING BOAR TAINT USING NUCLEAR RECEPTORS
    Publication number: 20090221539
    Abstract: A method for preventing or reducing boar taint, a method of screening pigs to determine those more likely to have reduced boar taint and a method for screening substances that enhance skatole metabolism or androstenone in a pig, are disclosed These methods involve the use of the nuclear receptors constitutive androstane receptor, pregnane X receptor and farnesoid X receptor, which have been found to modulate the activity of the enzymes involved in skatole and/or androsterone metabolism
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
    Inventors: E. James Squires, John Peacock, James Gilmore, Philip Sinclair, Michael Terner