BLOOD TEST PROTOTYPES AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR AND ENDOTHELIAL CELLS - Patent 1706720

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EP 1 706 720 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.08.2006

(43)	Date of publication:
	04.10.2006 Bulletin 2006/40

(21)	Application number: 04796843.3

(22)	Date of filing: 30.10.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 1/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/036177

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/043121 (12.05.2005 Gazette 2005/19)

(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 PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

31.10.2003 US 516571 P

(71)	Applicant: Vitatex, Inc.
	Stony Brook, NY 11790-3350 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CHEN, Wen-Tien Stony Brook, NY 11790 (US) CHEN, Lee Stony Brook, NY 11790-3350 (US) CHEN, Che Stony Brook, NY 11790-3350 (US)

(74)	Representative: Daniels, Jeffrey Nicholas et al
	Page White & Farrer 54 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LS London WC1N 2LS (GB)

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