Patents by Inventor Sherron Helms

Sherron Helms 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 directing transgenic expression in animals using a prolactin promoter
    Patent number: 5082779
    Abstract: A method of expressing a non-prolactin gene in a transgenic animal, said expression occurring essentially only after birth and essentially only in the pituitary cells of said animal, which comprises (a) operably linking said gene to a prolactin promoter to form a transcriptional unit, and (b) introducing said unit into one or more cells of said animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Edison Animal Biotechnology Center/Ohio University
    Inventors: Fritz Rottman, Sherron Helms