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(11) EP 1 017 795 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
12.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/28

(21) Application number: 98945791.6

(22) Date of filing: 28.08.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C12N 15/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9817/879
(87) International publication number:
WO 9915/640 (01.04.1999 Gazette 1999/13)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 22.09.1997 US 935363

(71) Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Oakland, CA 94607-5200 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • PRUSINER, Stanley, B.
    San Francisco, CA 94116 (US)
  • SCOTT, Michael, R.
    San Francisco, CA 94114 (US)
  • TELLING, Glenn, C.
    San Francisco, CA 94117 (US)

(74) Representative: Goldin, Douglas Michael et al
J.A. KEMP & CO.14 South SquareGray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX
London WC1R 5LX (GB)

   


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