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EP 0 569 438 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	18.11.1993 Bulletin 1993/46

(21)	Application number: 92903800.0

(22)	Date of filing: 03.01.1992

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A01H 1/ 00^{( . )}
A01N 63/ 02^{( . )}
C07K 14/ 195^{( . )}
C07K 14/ 41^{( . )}
C12N 5/ 10^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 32^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 68^{( . )}

A01N 63/ 00^{( . )}
C07K 14/ 00^{( . )}
C07K 14/ 325^{( . )}
C12N 1/ 21^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 09^{( . )}
C12P 21/ 02^{( . )}
C12R 1/ 07^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1992/000040

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1992/013954 (20.08.1992 Gazette 1992/22)

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

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Priority:

31.01.1991 US 19910649562
23.12.1991 US 19910813592

(71)	Applicant: ECOGEN INC
	Langhorne, PA 19047-1810 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	DONOVAN, William, P. Levittown, PA 19057 (US) RUPAR, Mark, J. Wilmington, DE 19810 (US) SLANEY, Annette, C. Hamilton Square, NJ 08690 (US)

(74)	Representative: VOSSIUS & PARTNER
	P.O. Box 86 07 67 D-81634 München D-81634 München (DE)

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