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USOO888.9361 B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,889,361 B2 Chen (45) Date of Patent: Nov. 18, 2014 (54) GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURES IN FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS ENRICHED TUMIOR CELL SAMPLES WO WO-2005049168 A2 * 6, 2005 WO WO-2006042005 A2 * 4, 2006 (75) Inventor: Wen-Tien Chen, Stonybrook, NY (US) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (73) Assignee: The Research Foundation for The Strausberg et al., in Microarrays and Cancer Research, 2002, War State University of New York, Albany, rington etal (eds.), Eaton Publishing, Westborough, MA, pp. xi-xvi.* NY (US) Notterman et al., in Microarrays and Cancer Research, 2002, War rington et al (eds.), Eaton Publishing, Westborough, MA, pp. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 81-111. patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Balzar, M. etal. The biology of the 17-1A antigen (Ep-CAM), J Mol U.S.C. 154(b) by 867 days. Med, (1999), vol. 77, pp. 699-712. 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