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(43) Date of publication: 26.09.2018 Bulletin 2018/39 (21) Application number: 16795052.6 (22) Date of filing: 14.11.2016

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G01N 21/27(2006.01) C12Q 1/68(2018.01) G01N 33/58(2006.01) G01N 15/10(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2016/077540 (87) International publication number: WO 2017/084998 (26.05.2017 Gazette 2017/21)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (30) Priority: 16.11.2015 WO PCT/EP2015/194657 (71) Applicant: QIAGEN Instruments AG 8634 Hombrechtikon (CH)	(72) Inventors: TIEDTKE, Hans-Jürgen 8634 Hombrechtikon (CH) QUINTEL, Harald, Horst 8266 Steckborn (CH) BLANDEAU, Rémy 8645 Jona (CH) (74) Representative: Banse & Steglich Patentanwälte PartmbB  Patentanwaltskanzlei Herzog-Heinrich-Straße 23 80336 München 80336 München (DE)