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EP 1 252 332 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 14.02.2002 (43) Date of publication: 30.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/44 (21) Application number: 01902529.5 (22) Date of filing: 31.01.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C12Q 1/68 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0100/407 (87) International publication number: WO 0105/7248 (09.08.2001 Gazette 2001/32)

(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: 01.02.2000 GB 0002310 (71) Applicant: Solexa Ltd. Nr. Saffron Walden,Essex CB10 1XL (GB)	(72) Inventors: BALASUBRAMANIAN, Shankar Cambridge CB2 1EW (GB) BENTLEY, David HinxtonCambridge CB10 1SA (GB) (74) Representative: Baldock, Sharon Claire et al BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)