Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of making a transgenic nonhuman animal
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-04
2006-07-04
Woitach, Joseph (Department: 1632)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of making a transgenic nonhuman animal
C800S024000, C800S025000, C435S449000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07071372
ABSTRACT:
An improved method of nuclear transfer employing long-term cultured somatic cells as the donor cells and enucleated oocytes as the recipient cells to produce dividing cybrids. Such cybrids are useful for developing viable animals clones when nurtured in a suitable host environment.
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Kubota Chikara
Yang Xiangzhong
Edwards Angell Palmer & & Dodge LLP
The Governor of Kagoshima Prefecture
University of Connecticut
Woitach Joseph
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