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(11) EP 0 943 005 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
22.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/38

(21) Application number: 97953066.0

(22) Date of filing: 02.12.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C12N 15/ 113( . )
A61K 38/ 00( . )
C12N 15/ 88( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1997/021922
(87) International publication number:
WO 1998/024925 (11.06.1998 Gazette 1998/23)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 03.12.1996 US 19960032261P

(71) Applicants:
  • MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
    Charleston, SC 29425-2211 (US)
  • THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    University Park, PA 16802 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • NORRIS, James, S.
    Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (US)
  • SCHMIDT, Michael, G.
    Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (US)
  • DOLAN, Joseph, W.
    Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (US)
  • LONDON, Steven, D.
    Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (US)
  • MAY, Harold, D.
    Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (US)
  • CLAWSON, Gary, A.
    Hershey, PA 17033 (US)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


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