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(11) EP 1 161 523 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
12.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/50

(21) Application number: 00916410.4

(22) Date of filing: 17.03.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C12N 5/06, C12N 5/08
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0006/940
(87) International publication number:
WO 0055/306 (21.09.2000 Gazette 2000/38)
(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

(30) Priority: 18.03.1999 US 124889 P

(71) Applicants:
  • Pro-Virus, Inc.
    Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (US)
  • THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Rockville, MD 20852-3804 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • MAJOR, Eugene, O.
    McLean, VA 22101 (US)
  • BARKER, Jeffery, L.
    Bethesda, MD 20814 (US)
  • MARIC, Dragan
    Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (US)
  • RABIN, Harvey
    Rockville, MD 20852 (US)
  • SANDLER, Abby
    Silver Spring, MD 20904 (US)

(74) Representative: Schlich, George William et al
Mathys & SquireEuropean Patent Attorneys,100 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8AL
London WC1X 8AL (GB)

   


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