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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:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas L Benjamin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Barbara Kohn, Watertown, MA (US);
Christopher J Basker, Mansfield, MA (US);
Susan George, Chelmsford, MA (US);
David Livingston, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Vicam, L.P., Watertown, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; C12N / ; G01N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-2 ; 435325 ; 435374 ; 436538 ; 436541 ; 5303871 ; 5303911 ; 530852 ;
Abstract
A method for increasing the percentage of mammalian offspring of either sex which comprises contacting a semen sample with an antibody specific for the spermatozoa determinative of one sex and separating said spermatozoa from spermatozoa determinative of the other sex, said antibody being bound to a non-porous magnetic bead support having a diameter of 0.1 to 2 microns.