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(43) Date of publication: 26.06.1991 Bulletin 1991/26 (21) Application number: 89910397.0 (22) Date of filing: 14.08.1989

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C12Q 1/ 68( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1989/003473 (87) International publication number: WO 1990/002818 (22.03.1990 Gazette 1990/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 08.09.1988 US 19880241639 (71) Applicant: LIFECODES CORPORATION Valhalla, NY 10595 (US)	(72) Inventors: IP, Nancy, Yuk-Yu Stamford, CT 06902 (US) BAUM, Howard, Jay Stony Point, NY 10980 (US) (74) Representative: Perry, Robert Edward, et al  GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)