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(11) EP 1 404 705 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
07.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/15

(21) Application number: 01922815.4

(22) Date of filing: 29.03.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C07K 14/16, A61K 47/48
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2001/010028
(87) International publication number:
WO 2001/074163 (11.10.2001 Gazette 2001/41)
(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: 31.03.2000 US 193495 P
08.09.2000 US 231141 P

(71) Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 19104-3147 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • MUTHUMANI, Karuppiah
    Upper Darby, PA 19082 (US)
  • WEINER, David, B.
    Merion, PA 19066 (US)
  • AYYAVOO, Velpandi
    Monroeville, PA 15146 (US)

(74) Representative: Perry, Robert Edward 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERYBroadgate House7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)


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