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EP 1 700 116 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 13.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/37 (21) Application number: 04805960.4 (22) Date of filing: 08.12.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G01N 33/48(2006.01) C07D 207/46(2006.01) C07K 17/06(2006.01) C07H 21/00(2006.01) C07D 207/44(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2004/005140 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/057207 (23.06.2005 Gazette 2005/25)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 08.12.2003 GB 0328414 22.09.2004 GB 0421110 22.09.2004 EP 04104605 (71) Applicant: OXFORD GENE TECHNOLOGY IP LIMITED Sandy Lane, Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1PF (GB)	(72) Inventors: SHCHEPINOV, Mikhail S., Oxford Gene Technology Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1PF (GB) SOUTHERN, Edwin, Mellor Oxford Gene Technology Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1PF (GB) (74) Representative: Marshall, Cameron John et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)