NUCLEIC ACID FRAGMENTS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF DECHLORINATING BACTERIA - Patent 1470244

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EP 1 470 244 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	27.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/44

(21)	Application number: 02720949.3

(22)	Date of filing: 30.01.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12Q 1/68, C12N 1/20, A62D 3/00, B09C 1/10

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/003927

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/064695 (07.08.2003 Gazette 2003/32)

(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

(71)	Applicant: E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
	Wilmington,Delaware 19898 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	EBERSOLE, Richard Wilmington, DE 19810 (US) HENDRICKSON, Edwin Hockessin, DE 19707 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grant, Anne Rosemary
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	NUCLEIC ACID FRAGMENTS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF DECHLORINATING BACTERIA