Patents by Inventor Nathan B Sutter

Nathan B Sutter 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).

  • Methods and materials for canine breed identification
    Patent number: 7729863
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides methods for determining the contributions of canid populations to a canid genome. The methods comprise the steps of: (a) obtaining the identity of one or both alleles in a test canid genome for each of a set of markers; and (b) determining the contributions of canid populations to the test canid genome by comparing the alleles in the test canid genome to a database comprising canid population profiles, wherein each canid population profile comprises genotype information for the set of markers in the canid populations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
    Inventors: Elaine Ostrander, Leonid Kruglyak, Heidi G Parker, Lisa V Kim, Matthew Stephens, Tiffany B Malek, Nathan B Sutter, Scott Carlson