DETECTION OF CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBER CHANGES TO DISTINGUISH MELANOCYTIC NEVI FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - Patent 1181392

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EP 1 181 392 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	27.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/09

(21)	Application number: 00925923.5

(22)	Date of filing: 10.04.2000

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

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0009/609

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0061/814 (19.10.2000 Gazette 2000/42)

(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:

09.04.1999 US 288940
31.03.2000 US 541364

(71)	Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
	Oakland, CA 94607-5200 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BASTIAN, Boris San Francisco, CA 94122 (US) PINKEL, Daniel Walnut Creek, CA 94595 (US)

(74)	Representative: Campbell, Patrick John Henry
	J.A. Kemp & Co., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	DETECTION OF CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBER CHANGES TO DISTINGUISH MELANOCYTIC NEVI FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA