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(11) EP 1 021 557 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
26.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/30

(21) Application number: 97943349.7

(22) Date of filing: 18.09.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C12Q 1/04, C12Q 1/18
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9716/496
(87) International publication number:
WO 9812/348 (26.03.1998 Gazette 1998/12)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 18.09.1996 US 715557

(71) Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
Franklin Lakes,New Jersey 07417-1880 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • STITT, David, T.
    Freeland, MD 21053 (US)
  • BURRELL, Gregory, J.
    Red Lion, PA 17356 (US)
  • BEATY, Shawn
    Felton, PA 17322 (US)
  • HU, Joanna, Kwok, Yu
    West Chester, OH 45069 (US)
  • MONTHONY, James, F.
    Hampstead, MD 21074 (US)
  • SAPITOWICZ, Robert
    Bel Air, MD 21014 (US)
  • FOLEY, Timothy, G.
    Forest Hill, MD 21050 (US)

(74) Representative: Ruffles, Graham Keith 
MARKS & CLERK,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)

   


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