(19)
(11) EP 1 037 970 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
27.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/39

(21) Application number: 98964163.4

(22) Date of filing: 18.12.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C12N 15/00, C12N 15/12
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9827/140
(87) International publication number:
WO 9932/614 (01.07.1999 Gazette 1999/26)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 20.12.1997 US 68379 P
16.12.1998 US 212843

(71) Applicant: GENETICS INSTITUTE, INC.
Cambridge,Massachusetts 02140 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • JACOBS, Kenneth
    Newton, MA 02160 (US)
  • MCCOY, John, M.
    Reading, MA 01867 (US)
  • LAVALLIE, Edward, R.
    Harvard, MA 01451 (US)
  • COLLINS-RACIE, Lisa, A.
    Acton, MA 01720 (US)
  • EVANS, Cheryl
    Beverly, MA 01915 (US)
  • MERBERG, David
    Acton, MA 01720 (US)
  • TREACY, Maurice
    Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 (US)
  • AGOSTINO, Michael, J.
    Andover, MA 01810 (US)
  • STEININGER, Robert, J., II
    Cambridge, MA 02140 (US)
  • WONG, Gordon, G.
    Brookline, MA 02146 (US)
  • CLARK, Hilary, F.
    Cambridge, MA 02141 (US)
  • FECHTEL, Kim
    Arlington, MA 02174 (US)

(74) Representative: Tomlinson, Edward James 
FrohwitterPatent- und RechtsanwältePossartstrasse 20
81679 München
81679 München (DE)

   


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