METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING MOLECULAR DATA FROM A PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIMEN - Patent 1485687

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EP 1 485 687 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.10.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	15.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/51

(21)	Application number: 03708927.3

(22)	Date of filing: 31.01.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G01J 3/44, G01J 3/06

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/003015

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/067214 (14.08.2003 Gazette 2003/33)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO

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Priority:

04.02.2002 US 354252 P

(71)	Applicant: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Corporation
	Raritan, NJ 08869-0602 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	BRUCE, Richard, David Rydall, PA 19046-3339 (US)

(74)	Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING MOLECULAR DATA FROM A PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIMEN