METHOD AND COMPOUND FOR DETECTING LOW LEVELS OF MICROORGANISMS - Patent 1137799

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EP 1 137 799 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	04.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/40

(21)	Application number: 99920289.8

(22)	Date of filing: 03.05.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12Q 1/04, C12N 1/20, G01N 21/76

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9909/639

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0034/509 (15.06.2000 Gazette 2000/24)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

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Priority:

04.12.1998 US 206086

(71)	Applicant: BIOMETRIC IMAGING, INC.
	Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	ROCCO, Richard, M. Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)

(74)	Representative: Kahler, Kurt, Dipl.-Ing.
	PatentanwälteKahler, Käck, Fiener et col.,Vorderer Anger 268 86899 Landsberg/Lech 86899 Landsberg/Lech (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND COMPOUND FOR DETECTING LOW LEVELS OF MICROORGANISMS