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(11) EP 1 490 406 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
29.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/53

(21) Application number: 03714841.8

(22) Date of filing: 18.03.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C07K 16/24
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2003/002785
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/080673 (02.10.2003 Gazette 2003/40)
(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 RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 26.03.2002 DE 10213762

(71) Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
55216 Ingelheim am Rhein (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • KIKUTANI, Hitoshi
    Suita Osaka 565-0842 (JP)
  • Kumanogoh, Atsushi
    Osaka 563-0029 (JP)
  • Barsoumian, Edward Leon
    Osaka 560-0005 (JP)

   


(54) COSTIMULATORY MOLECULE AND ITS USE