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(11) EP 0 927 268 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
07.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/27

(21) Application number: 97940630.0

(22) Date of filing: 27.08.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B01L 7/ 00( . )
G01N 27/ 447( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1997/015056
(87) International publication number:
WO 1998/008978 (05.03.1998 Gazette 1998/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 27.08.1996 US 19960703710

(71) Applicant: VISIBLE GENETICS INC.
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z6 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • WATERHOUSE, Paul
    Copetown, Ontario L0R 1J0 (CA)
  • IZMAILOV, Alexandre, M.
    Toronto, Ontario M5A 4G3 (CA)
  • ZALESKI, Henryk
    Niagara Falls, Ontario L2G 6X7 (CA)
  • YAGER, Thomas, D.
    Mississauga, Ontario L5J 1K8 (CA)
  • DUNN, James, M.
    Scarborough, Ontario M1K 2S8 (CA)
  • LEUSHNER, James
    North York, Ontario M5M 4M3 (CA)
  • HUI, May
    Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1G1 (CA)
  • LARSON, Marina, T.
    Silverthorne, CO 80498 (US)

(74) Representative: von Hellfeld, Axel, Dr. Dipl.-Phys. 
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE)

   


(54) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SEQUENCING OF NUCLEIC ACID POLYMERS