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EP 1 244 691 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 02.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/40 (21) Application number: 00981486.4 (22) Date of filing: 13.12.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C07K 7/00, G06F 19/00, G01N 33/50 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0004/773 (87) International publication number: WO 0104/2276 (14.06.2001 Gazette 2001/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 13.12.1999 GB 9929471 (71) Applicant: Proteom Limited Babraham,Cambridge CB4 4AT (GB)	(72) Inventors: ROBERTS, Gareth Wyn Great Shelford,Cambridge CB2 5EL (GB) HEAL, Jonathan Richard Greenwich,London SE10 0JL (GB) (74) Representative: Davies, Jonathan Mark  Reddie & Grose16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL London WC1X 8PL (GB)