A MODEL BIOFILM FOR EFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF ANTIMICROBIALS - Patent 1185614

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EP 1 185 614 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	13.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/11

(21)	Application number: 00939646.6

(22)	Date of filing: 07.06.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12M 1/26

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0015/675

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0077/162 (21.12.2000 Gazette 2000/51)

(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:

10.06.1999 US 138354 P

(71)	Applicant: S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
	Racine, WI 53403-5011 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	CHARAF, Ursula, K. Racine, WI 53402 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jones, Alan John et al
	CARPMAELS & RANSFORD43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA London, WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	A MODEL BIOFILM FOR EFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF ANTIMICROBIALS