METHODS FOR SEPARATING SHORT SINGLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID FROM LONG SINGLE- AND DOUBLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID, AND ASSOCIATED BIOMOLECULAR ASSAYS - Patent 1848823

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EP 1 848 823 A2

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/44

(21)	Application number: 06719184.1

(22)	Date of filing: 23.01.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12Q 1/68^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/002233

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/079009 (27.07.2006 Gazette 2006/30)

(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
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

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Priority:

21.01.2005 US 645821 P

(71)	Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
	Rochester, New York 14627 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ROTHBERG, Lewis J. Pittsford, New York 14534 (US) LI, Huixiang Rochester, NY 14620 (US)

(74)	Representative: Miles, John Stephen
	Eric Potter Clarkson LLP Park View House 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD Nottingham NG1 5DD (GB)

(54)	METHODS FOR SEPARATING SHORT SINGLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID FROM LONG SINGLE- AND DOUBLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID, AND ASSOCIATED BIOMOLECULAR ASSAYS