NOVEL VECTORS FOR IMPROVING CLONING AND EXPRESSION IN LOW COPY NUMBER PLASMIDS - Patent 1196613

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EP 1 196 613 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	17.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/16

(21)	Application number: 00939961.9

(22)	Date of filing: 16.06.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12N 15/69

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0016/767

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0078/977 (28.12.2000 Gazette 2000/52)

(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:

18.06.1999 US 140287 P

(71)	Applicant: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
	Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0800 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GROSSMAN, Trudy Lexington, MA 02420 (US) MACNEIL, Ian Milton, MA 02186 (US) AUGUST, Paul Danville, NH 03819 (US)

(74)	Representative: Bouvet, Philippe
	Aventis-Pharma S.A.,20 Avenue Raymond Aron 92165 Antony Cedex 92165 Antony Cedex (FR)

(54)	NOVEL VECTORS FOR IMPROVING CLONING AND EXPRESSION IN LOW COPY NUMBER PLASMIDS