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(43) Date of publication: 15.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/37 (21) Application number: 97938246.0 (22) Date of filing: 22.08.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A01K 67/ 027( . ) C12N 5/ 10( . ) C12N 15/ 12( . ) C07K 14/ 47( . ) C12N 15/ 09( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1997/014142 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/008948 (05.03.1998 Gazette 1998/09)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Designated Extension States: AL LT LV SI (30) Priority: 30.08.1996 US 19960025107P 12.08.1997 US 19970055243P (71) Applicant: WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY Morris Plains New Jersey 07950 (US)	(72) Inventors: BRADY, Matthew, Jemail Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (US) PRINTEN, John, Andrew Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (US) SALTIEL, Alan, Robert Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (US) (74) Representative: Mansmann, Ivo, et al  Warner-Lambert Company, Legal Division, Legal Department, c/o Gödecke AG 79090 Freiburg 79090 Freiburg (DE)