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(11) EP 0 398 986 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
28.11.1990 Bulletin 1990/48

(21) Application number: 89902667.0

(22) Date of filing: 23.01.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C12Q 1/ 68( . )
G01N 33/ 569( . )
C12Q 1/ 70( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1989/000232
(87) International publication number:
WO 1989/006705 (27.07.1989 Gazette 1989/16)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB LI

(30) Priority: 20.01.1988 US 19880146249

(71) Applicant: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, represented by THE SECRETARY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Washington, DC 20231 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BERKOWER, Ira
    Washington, DC 20015 (US)
  • MURPHY, Dano
    Washington, DC 20007 (US)

(74) Representative: Brown, John David, et al 
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38
D-80801 München
D-80801 München (DE)

   


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