COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING A SOLID SUPPORT TO PURIFY RNA - Patent 1438426

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EP 1 438 426 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/30

(21)	Application number: 01979794.3

(22)	Date of filing: 12.10.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12Q 1/68, C12N 15/10

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2001/032073

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/033739 (24.04.2003 Gazette 2003/17)

(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

(71)	Applicant: Gentra Systems Inc.
	Minneapolis, MN 55441 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HEATH, Ellen, M. Livermore, CO 80536-9387 (US) WAGES, John, M., Jr. Tupelo, MS 38801 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jones, Elizabeth Louise
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING A SOLID SUPPORT TO PURIFY RNA