Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of making a transgenic nonhuman animal – Via microinjection of a nucleus into an embryo – egg cell – or...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-30
2006-05-30
Woitach, Joseph (Department: 1632)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of making a transgenic nonhuman animal
Via microinjection of a nucleus into an embryo, egg cell, or...
C800S021000, C435S001100, C435S449000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07053264
ABSTRACT:
Methods and compositions for dedifferentiating nuclei from somatic cells are provided. Such methods and compositions are useful for facilitating processes such as, for example, cloning and immortalization of cells.
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Brennan Sean M.
Robins & Pasternak LLP
Sangamo Biosciences, Inc.
Woitach Joseph
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