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(11) EP 1 573 028 A2

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(43) Date of publication:
14.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/37

(21) Application number: 02803191.2

(22) Date of filing: 08.11.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C12Q 1/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/035887
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/042399 (22.05.2003 Gazette 2003/21)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 13.11.2001 US 354150 P
22.03.2002 GB 0206891

(71) Applicant: Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Bridgwater, New Jersey 08807-2854 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • EISHINGDRELO, Haifeng
    Montville, NJ 07045 (US)
  • CAI, Jidong
    Whippany, NJ 07981 (US)
  • BUSCH, Steven, J.
    Stewartsville, NJ 08806 (US)
  • GASSENHUBER, Johann
    65185 Wiesbaden (DE)

(74) Representative: Wein, Elmar Michael 
Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH, Patent- und Lizenzabteilung, K 801, Industriepark Höchst
65926 Frankfurt am Main
65926 Frankfurt am Main (DE)

   


(54) A NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING A G-PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR, AND USES THEREOF