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(11) EP 0 937 081 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
25.08.1999 Bulletin 1999/34

(21) Application number: 98942084.0

(22) Date of filing: 18.08.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C07D 487/ 04( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1998/017049
(87) International publication number:
WO 1999/010350 (04.03.1999 Gazette 1999/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT

(30) Priority: 22.08.1997 US 19970056735P

(71) Applicant: Du Pont Pharmaceuticals Company
Wilmington, DE 19807 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BECK, James, P.
    Smyrna, DE 19977 (US)
  • GILLIGAN, Paul, J.
    Wilmington, DE 19810 (US)

(74) Representative: Pett, Christopher Phineas 
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


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