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(11) EP 1 590 647 A2

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
02.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/44

(21) Application number: 02782147.9

(22) Date of filing: 09.10.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G01N 1/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/032471
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/038395 (08.05.2003 Gazette 2003/19)
(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

(30) Priority: 31.10.2001 US 335173 P
31.10.2001 US 335240 P
25.07.2002 US 399041 P
09.09.2002 US 409410 P

(71) Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Oakland,California 94607-5200 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • PINES, Alexander
    Berkeley, CA 95708 (US)
  • SAXENA, Sunil
    Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (US)
  • SPENCE, Megan
    8057 Zürich (CH)
  • MOULE, Adam
    51371 Leverkusen (DE)
  • SEELEY, Juliette, A.
    El Cerrito, CA 94530 (US)
  • PIERCE, Kimberly, L.
    El Cerrito, CA 94530 (US)
  • HAN, Song-I
    Berkeley, CA 94703 (US)
  • GRANWEHR, Joseph
    Berkeley, CA 94709 (US)

(74) Representative: Straus, Alexander et al
Patentanwälte Becker, Kurig, Straus Bavariastrasse 7
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


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