Patents by Inventor Michele M. Sims

Michele M. Sims 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 cloning bovine embryos
    Patent number: 5453366
    Abstract: An improved method of cloning mammalian embryos by transferring a nucleus from a donor mammalian embryo to an enucleated recipient oocyte and culturing the nuclear transferred bovine embryo in vitro is described. The improvement includes positioning the donor embryo nucleus adjacent to the enucleated recipient oocyte, and maintaining the nucleus and oocyte in a maintenance medium for a time sufficient to mature the cytoplasm of the enucleated recipient oocyte prior to fusing the donor nucleus to the recipient oocyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Inventors: Michele M. Sims, Charles F. Rosenkrans, Jr.