REPORTER GENE ASSAY FOR COMPOUNDS WHICH MIMIC OR INHIBIT THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF THE OB-PROTEIN - Patent 1141396

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EP 1 141 396 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	14.09.2000

(43)	Date of publication:
	10.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/41

(21)	Application number: 99962376.2

(22)	Date of filing: 20.12.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12Q 1/68

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB9904/326

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0037/675 (29.06.2000 Gazette 2000/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

18.12.1998 GB 9828087

(71)	Applicant: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC
	Brentford,Middlesex TW8 9EP (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	BRISCOE, CeliaSmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals HarlowEssex CM19 5AW (GB)

(74)	Representative: Rutter, Keith
	GlaxoSmithKline,Two New Horizons Court Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9EP Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9EP (GB)

(54)	REPORTER GENE ASSAY FOR COMPOUNDS WHICH MIMIC OR INHIBIT THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF THE OB-PROTEIN