METHOD FOR EXPANDING PRIMATE B CELLS SELECTIVELY IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED MICE AND PRODUCING LARGE NUMBERS OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC B LYMPHOCYTES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PRIMATE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES - Patent 1079688

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EP 1 079 688 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/10

(21)	Application number: 99926411.2

(22)	Date of filing: 25.05.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A01K 67/027, C12N 5/28, C12P 21/08

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP9903/605

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9960/846 (02.12.1999 Gazette 1999/48)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

26.05.1998 EP 98870121

(71)	Applicant: INNOGENETICS N.V.
	9052 Gent (BE)

(72)	Inventors:
	LEROUX-ROELS, Geert B-9000 Ghent (BE) DEPRAETERE, Stany B-9700 Oudenaarde (BE) DEPLA, Erik B-9070 Destelbergen (BE)

(74)	Representative: Baldock, Sharon Claire et al
	BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR EXPANDING PRIMATE B CELLS SELECTIVELY IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED MICE AND PRODUCING LARGE NUMBERS OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC B LYMPHOCYTES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PRIMATE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES