NUCLEIC ACIDS INCLUDING OPEN READING FRAMES ENCODING POLYPEPTIDES; "ORFX" - Patent 1165784

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EP 1 165 784 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.01.2001

(43)	Date of publication:
	02.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/01

(21)	Application number: 00916677.8

(22)	Date of filing: 31.03.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12N 15/12, C07K 14/47, C07K 16/18, G01N 33/566, C12Q 1/68, C12N 15/11, C12N 15/62, A01K 67/027, A61K 38/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0008/621

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0058/473 (05.10.2000 Gazette 2000/40)

(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:

31.03.1999 US 127607 P
02.04.1999 US 127636 P
05.04.1999 US 127728 P
30.03.2000 US 540763

(71)	Applicant: Curagen Corporation
	New Haven, CT 06511 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SHIMKETS, Richard, A. West Haven, CT 06516 (US) LEACH, Martin Webster, MA 01570 (US)

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

(54)	NUCLEIC ACIDS INCLUDING OPEN READING FRAMES ENCODING POLYPEPTIDES; "ORFX"