Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Broad

Thomas E. Broad 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).

  • Polynucleotide probes for horses
    Patent number: 5098824
    Abstract: Isolated polynucleotide sequences capable of selectively hybridizing to fragments of Equidae DNA. Methods of identifying polymorphism in Equidae including extracting DNA, digesting the extracted DNA with a restriction enzyme, loading the digested DNA on a suitable gel and conducting electrophoresis, prehybridizing and hybridizing the digested DNA and determining the hypervariable regions in the digested DNA. A method of differentiating between the DNA of horses, donkeys or zebras from the DNA of other animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of New Zealand
    Inventors: Thomas E. Broad, John W. Forrest, Pauline E. Macdonald, Patricia A. Pugh