(19)
(11) EP 1 798 652 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
29.09.2010 Bulletin 2010/39

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
25.08.2010 Bulletin 2010/34

(21) Application number: 06026114.6

(22) Date of filing: 16.12.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 19/00(2006.01)
G01N 35/00(2006.01)
G01N 21/64(2006.01)
G01N 21/27(2006.01)

(54)

Analytical method and instrument

Analytisches Verfahren und Instrument

Procédé analytique et instrument


(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 LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 19.12.2005 EP 05112359

(43) Date of publication of application:
20.06.2007 Bulletin 2007/25

(73) Proprietors:
  • Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    68305 Mannheim (DE)
    Designated Contracting States:
    DE 
  • F.HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG
    4070 Basel (CH)
    Designated Contracting States:
    AT BE BG CH LI CY CZ DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 

(72) Inventor:
  • Knobel, Rolf
    6343 Rotkreuz (CH)

(74) Representative: Poredda, Andreas et al
Roche Diagnostics AG Forrenstrasse
6343 Rotkreuz
6343 Rotkreuz (CH)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 1 701 275
WO-A-97/46714
   
  • HAU B ET AL: "Mathematical functions to describe disease progress curves of double sigmoid pattern" PHYTOPATHOLOGY, vol. 83, no. 9, 1993, pages 928-932, XP001248608 ISSN: 0031-949X
  • ZHAO SHENG ET AL: "Comprehensive algorithm for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction" JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, MARY ANN LIEBERT INC, US, vol. 12, no. 8, October 2005 (2005-10), pages 1047-1064, XP002380886 ISSN: 1066-5277
  • LIU W ET AL: "VALIDATION OF A QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR REAL TIME PCR KINETICS" BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, ACADEMIC PRESS, SAN DIEGO, CA, US, vol. 294, no. 2, 7 June 2002 (2002-06-07), pages 347-353, XP002319698 ISSN: 0006-291X
   
Note: Within nine months from the publication of the mention of the grant of the European patent, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office of opposition to the European patent granted. Notice of opposition shall be filed in a written reasoned statement. It shall not be deemed to have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid. (Art. 99(1) European Patent Convention).