Owner The Secretary of State for Defence

Inventors Day, John Cavendish; White, Peter John; Squirrel, David James; Bailey, Mark John

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2002339151

PCT Number PCT/GB02/05120

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/042693

Priority 0127292.1 14.11.01 GB; 0205201.7 06.03.02 GB

Filing date 13 November 2002

Wipo publication date 26 May 2003

Acceptance publication date 19 June 2008

G01N 21/76 (2006.01) Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet light - Chemiluminescence

C07K 14/435 (2006.01) Peptides having more than 20 amino acids - from animals

C07K 19/00 (2006.01) Hybrid peptides

C12N 5/10 (2006.01) Undifferentiated human, animal or plant cells, e.g. cell lines - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells

C12N 9/02 (2006.01) Enzymes, e.g. ligases (6.) - Oxidoreductases (1.), e.g. luciferase

C12N 9/10 (2006.01) Enzymes, e.g. ligases (6.) - Transferases (2.)

C12N 15/09 (2006.01) Mutation or genetic engineering - Recombinant DNA-technology

C12P 17/18 (2006.01) Preparation of heterocyclic carbon compounds with only O, N, S, Se, or Te as ring hetero atoms - containing at least two hetero rings condensed among themselves or condensed with a common carbocyclic ring system, e.g. rifamycin

C12Q 1/66 (2006.01) Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or micro-organisms - involving luciferase

C12Q 1/68 (2006.01) Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or micro-organisms - involving nucleic acids