MITIGATION OF SAMPLE-INTRODUCTION DECOMPRESSION EFFECTS IN HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - Patent 2035788

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EP 2 035 788 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.07.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	18.03.2009 Bulletin 2009/12

(21)	Application number: 07812485.6

(22)	Date of filing: 29.06.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01F 17/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/072498

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/005845 (10.01.2008 Gazette 2008/02)

(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 MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

30.06.2006 US 817990 P

(71)	Applicant: Waters Investments Limited
	New Castle, Delaware 19720 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	USOWICZ, James, E. Webster, MA 01570 (US) BEALS, Peyton, C. Wrentham, MA 02093 (US) SOARES, Miguel Norton, MA 02766 (US)

(74)	Representative: Vossius, Corinna et al
	Dr. Volker Vossius Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Geibelstrasse 6 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	MITIGATION OF SAMPLE-INTRODUCTION DECOMPRESSION EFFECTS IN HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY