METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROORGANISM IDENTIFICATION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED PROTEOME DATABASE SEARCHING - Patent 1272657

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EP 1 272 657 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.03.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	08.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/02

(21)	Application number: 01928435.5

(22)	Date of filing: 11.04.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12Q 1/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0111/649

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0107/9523 (25.10.2001 Gazette 2001/43)

(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

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Priority:

12.04.2000 US 196368 P

(71)	Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
	Laurel, MD 20723-6099 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	PINEDA, Fernando, J. Baltimore, MD 21218-1108 (US) LIN, Jeffrey, S. Silver Spring, MD 20906 (US)

(74)	Representative: Fuhlendorf, Jörn, Dipl.-Ing.
	PatentanwälteDreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker,Postfach 10 37 62 70032 Stuttgart 70032 Stuttgart (DE)

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