METHOD FOR ABSOLUTE COUNTING OF RARE CELLS - Patent 0685071

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EP 0 685 071 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	06.12.1995 Bulletin 1995/49

(21)	Application number: 95901205.0

(22)	Date of filing: 10.11.1994

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 33/ 49^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 50^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 542^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 577^{( . )}

G01N 15/ 14^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 53^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 569^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1994/012952

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1995/013540 (18.05.1995 Gazette 1995/21)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB IT NL

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Priority:

12.11.1993 US 19930151086

(71)	Applicant: Becton Dickinson and Company
	Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	TERSTAPPEN, Leon Palo Alto, CA 94301 (US) CHEN, Chia-Huei San Jose, CA 95120 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ruffles, Graham Keith
	MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR ABSOLUTE COUNTING OF RARE CELLS