ASSAY TO DETECT REPLICATION COMPETENT VIRUSES - Patent 1513956

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EP 1 513 956 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.03.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	16.03.2005 Bulletin 2005/11

(21)	Application number: 03757465.4

(22)	Date of filing: 09.06.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12Q 1/68, C12Q 1/70, C12Q 1/02, C12Q 1/06, C12N 15/861, C12N 15/63, C12N 5/10, C12N 15/64, C12N 7/01, C12N 7/02

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/018243

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/104476 (18.12.2003 Gazette 2003/51)

(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

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Priority:

07.06.2002 US 387251 P
31.03.2003 US 459375 P

(71)	Applicant: Novartis AG
	4056 Basel (CH)

(72)	Inventors:
	BOWE, Mark Damascus, MD 20872 (US) LYONS, Russette, M. Gaithersburg, MD 20882 (US) WALKER, Tracey Woodbridge, VA 22192 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & SchwanhäusserAnwaltssozietät
	Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	ASSAY TO DETECT REPLICATION COMPETENT VIRUSES