IDENTIFICATION OF TARGET BACTERIA BY FLUORESCENCE DETECTION OF PRIMER DIRECTED AMPLIFICATION PRODUCTS - Patent 0904408

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EP 0 904 408 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/13

(21)	Application number: 97923627.0

(22)	Date of filing: 09.05.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12N 15/ 09^{( . )}
C12R 1/ 01^{( . )}

C12Q 1/ 68^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/007958

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/044486 (27.11.1997 Gazette 1997/51)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE FR GB IT LI

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Priority:

17.05.1996 US 19960650074

(71)	Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
	Wilmington Delaware 19898 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BARBOUR, William, Mark Newark, DE 19713 (US) TSENG, Susan, Yen-Tee Hockessin, DE 19707 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grant, Anne Rosemary
	Frank B. Dehn & Co. 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	IDENTIFICATION OF TARGET BACTERIA BY FLUORESCENCE DETECTION OF PRIMER DIRECTED AMPLIFICATION PRODUCTS