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SATO, Toshiro Hubrecht Institute Uppsalalaan 8 3584 CT Utrecht / NL | 02 /
CLEVERS, Johannes, Carolus Ruysdaellaan 7 3712 AP Huis ter Heide / NL | 03 /
HUCH ORTEGA, Meritxell Willem Barentszstraat 25II 3572 PB Utrecht / NL | [2016/36] |
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SATO, Toshiro Langestraat 32a 1211 GZ Hilversum / NL | ||
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CLEVERS, Johannes, Carolus Ruysdaellaan 7 3712 AP Huis ter Heide / NL | |||
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HUCH ORTEGA, Meritxell Willem Barentszstraat 25II 3572 PB Utrecht / NL | Representative(s) | Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [2016/35] | Application number, filing date | 16151949.1 | 03.02.2010 | [2016/35] | Priority number, date | EP20090151970 | 03.02.2009 Original published format: EP 09151970 | US20090149622P | 03.02.2009 Original published format: US 149622 P | EP20090171831 | 30.09.2009 Original published format: EP 09171831 | [2016/35] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP3061808 | Date: | 31.08.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/35] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP3061808 | Date: | 19.10.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/42] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3061808 | Date: | 12.08.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/33] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.09.2016 | Classification | IPC: | C12N5/071 | [2016/35] | CPC: |
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