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(11) EP 1 187 622 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
20.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/12

(21) Application number: 00932766.9

(22) Date of filing: 24.05.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61K 31/74
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0014/353
(87) International publication number:
WO 0072/851 (07.12.2000 Gazette 2000/49)
(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: 01.06.1999 US 322903
28.09.1999 US 406972
22.11.1999 US 447456
31.01.2000 US 494814

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

(72) Inventors:
  • PRUSINER, Stanley, B.
    San Francisco, CA 94116 (US)
  • SUPATTAPONE, Surachai
    San Francisco, CA 94132 (US)
  • SCOTT, Michael, R.
    San Francisco, CA 94114 (US)

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

   


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