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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Choy L Hew, Thornhill, CA;
Garth L Fletcher, St. John's, CA;
Assignees:
HSC Research and Development Limited Partnership, Toronto, CA;
Seabright Corporation, St. John's, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800-2 ; 4351723 ; 435 694 ; 935 63 ; 800D / ;
Abstract
An 'all fish' chimeric gene construct suitable for gene transfer for commercially important fish comprises the antifreeze gene (AFP) promoter fused to the desired gene sequence which is incorporated into fish embryos. The desired gene sequence is expressed in the transfected fish to provide a transgenic fish having the characteristics of the gene sequence.