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(11) EP 1 221 963 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
17.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/29

(21) Application number: 00953710.1

(22) Date of filing: 28.07.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61K 38/12, A61K 38/16
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0020/510
(87) International publication number:
WO 0108/699 (08.02.2001 Gazette 2001/06)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 28.07.1999 US 146090 P

(71) Applicants:
  • THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 19104-3147 (US)
  • Aoki, Kazuhiro
    Narashino-shi,Chiba 275-0006 (JP)
  • Horne, William Carle
    Branford, CT 06405 (US)
  • Baron, Roland
    Guildford, CT 06437 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • AOKI, Kazuhiro
    Narashino-shi,Chiba 275-0006 (JP)
  • HORNE, William, Carle
    Branford, CT 06405 (US)
  • BARON, Roland
    Guilford, CT 06437 (US)
  • GREENE, Mark, I.
    Penn Valley, PA 19072 (US)
  • MURALI, Ramachandran
    Drexel Hill, PA 19026 (US)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & SchwanhäusserAnwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


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