A NUCLEIC ACID DIAGNOSTIC METHOD USING RIBOPROBES, RNAse DIGESTION, AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY - Patent 0738331

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EP 0 738 331 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	23.10.1996 Bulletin 1996/43

(21)	Application number: 94931951.0

(22)	Date of filing: 19.10.1994

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12Q 1/ 68^{( . )}

C12Q 1/ 70^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1994/012044

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1995/011316 (27.04.1995 Gazette 1995/18)

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

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Priority:

22.10.1993 US 19930141711

(71)	Applicant: AMGEN INC.
	Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MARTIN, Francis, H. Newbury Park, CA 91320 (US) JACOBSEN, Frederick, W. Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 (US) GREEN, Calvert, L. Hernando, FL 34442 (US)

(74)	Representative: Vossius, Volker, Dr., et al
	Dr. Volker Vossius, Patentanwaltskanzlei - Rechtsanwaltskanzlei, Holbeinstrasse 5 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	A NUCLEIC ACID DIAGNOSTIC METHOD USING RIBOPROBES, RNAse DIGESTION, AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY