METHOD OF ASSAYING COMPOUNDS WHICH AFFECT THE ACTIVITY OF G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF RECEPTOR OLIGOMERIZATION - Patent 0939902

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EP 0 939 902 A2

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(43)	Date of publication:
	08.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/36

(21)	Application number: 97928072.0

(22)	Date of filing: 30.06.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 33/ 94^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/CA1997/000455

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/000715 (08.01.1998 Gazette 1998/01)

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

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Priority:

01.07.1996 US 19960020717P

(71)	Applicants:
	Biosignal Inc. Montreal, Quebec H3J 1R4 (CA) L'UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL Montréal, Québec H3C 3S7 (CA)

(72)	Inventors:
	BOUVIER, Michel Montreal, Quebec H3T 1B7 (CA) DENNIS, Michael Montreal, Quebec H4A 2K9 (CA) HEBERT, Terence, E. Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Reinhardt, Harry, et al
	Mayer, Frank, Reinhardt, Schwarzwaldstrasse 1A 75173 Pforzheim 75173 Pforzheim (DE)

(54)	METHOD OF ASSAYING COMPOUNDS WHICH AFFECT THE ACTIVITY OF G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF RECEPTOR OLIGOMERIZATION