Patents by Inventor Raymond A. McKee

Raymond A. McKee 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).

  • Genetic fingerprinting of yeasts
    Patent number: 5407814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of yeast strains by way of application of the polymerase chain reaction to amplify nucleic acid sequences characteristic of their TY transposon long terminal repeats. Polymerase chain reaction product is analysed, conveniently by agarose gel electrophoresis, and its nature related to the presence of a particular yeast strain or strain type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Bruce M. Pearson, Andrew T. Carter, Raymond A. McKee