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(43) Date of publication: 06.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/49 (21) Application number: 99908461.9 (22) Date of filing: 25.02.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C12Q 1/68 (86) International application number: PCT/US9904/094 (87) International publication number: WO 9943/855 (02.09.1999 Gazette 1999/35)

(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: 26.02.1998 US 76081 P (71) Applicant: Genomics Collaborative, Inc. Cambridge, MA 02139 (US)	(72) Inventors: BING, David, H. Brookline, MA 02146 (US) WILLIAMSON, Janice, M. Wakefield, MA 01880 (US) (74) Representative: Kirkham, Nicholas Andrew et al Graham Watt & Co.,Riverhead Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 2BN Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 2BN (GB)