IN VITRO METHOD FOR THE INDUCTION OF THE SPERMATOZOAL ACROSOME REACTION AND APPLICATION OF SAID METHOD TO THE ASSESSMENT OF SPERMATOZOA AND THE TREATMENT OF MALE-RELATED INFERTILITY - Patent 0380536

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EP 0 380 536 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	08.08.1990 Bulletin 1990/32

(21)	Application number: 88908291.0

(22)	Date of filing: 23.09.1988

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 33/ 50^{( . )}
A61K 35/ 52^{( . )}

A61B 17/ 435^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 04^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB1988/000788

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1989/002743 (06.04.1989 Gazette 1989/08)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

23.09.1987 IE 19870002567

(71)	Applicants:
	HOUGHTON, James Anthony Oranmore, County Galway (IE) TOMKINS, Paul Theodore Newcastle, County Galway (IE)

(72)	Inventor:
	TOMKINS, Paul, Theodore Newcastle County Galway (IE)

(74)	Representative: Goldin, Douglas Michael, et al
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14, South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5LX London WC1R 5LX (GB)

(54)	IN VITRO METHOD FOR THE INDUCTION OF THE SPERMATOZOAL ACROSOME REACTION AND APPLICATION OF SAID METHOD TO THE ASSESSMENT OF SPERMATOZOA AND THE TREATMENT OF MALE-RELATED INFERTILITY