Europäisches Patentamt European Office européen Patent Office des brevets Principal Directorate Grant Automation Proposal Project: C436 Subclass: C12N 22 March 2007 We would like to propose 2 counter-proposals, with the second one being more complete. Proposal 1: D 5/06 <transferred to 5/065 and subgroups> N 5/065 . Animal cells or tissues N 5/07 . . Vertebrate cells or tissues, including human cells or tissues N 5/0705 . . . Tumour cells N 5/0709 . . . . Stem cells; Progenitor cells N 5/071 . . . Embryonic cells or tissues N 5/0719 . . . . Pluripotent stem cells, e.g. embryonic stem cells (ES) N 5/073 . . . Oocytes; Oogonia N 5/0735 . . . Sperm cells; Spermatogonia N 5/074 . . . Mesenchymal cells N 5/0749 . . . . Mesenchymal stem cells N 5/075 . . . Cells from the blood or the immune system N 5/0752 . . . . T cells; Progenitors thereof N 5/0753 . . . . Dendritic cells; Progenitors thereof N 5/0759 . . . . Stem cells; Multipotent progenitor cells N 5/076 . . . Neural cells N 5/0769 . . . . Stem cells; Progenitor cells D 5/08 <transferred to 5/07 and subgroups> N 15/111 . . . Non-coding nucleic acids modulating the expression of genes, e.g. antisenses N 15/113 . . . Aptamers, i.e. nucleic acids binding a target molecule specifically and with high affinity without hybridising thereto N 15/115 . . . Nucleic acids having immunomodulatory properties, e.g. containing CpG-motifs N 15/872 . . . Techniques for producing new embryos, e.g. nuclear transfer, manipulation of totipotent cells, production of chimeric embryos N 15/8722 . . . . Techniques for producing new mammalian cloned embryos Proposal 2: D 5/06 <transferred to 5/065> N 5/065 . Animal cells or tissues N 5/07 . . Vertebrate cells or tissues, including human cells or tissues N 5/0705 . . . Tumour cells N 5/0709 . . . . Stem cells; Progenitor cells N 5/071 . . . Embryonic cells or tissues; Foetal cells or tissues N 5/0719 . . . . Pluripotent stem cells, e.g. embryonic stem cells (ES); Embryonic germ cells (EG) N 5/072 . . . Non-embryonic pluripotent stem cells N 5/073 . . . Oocytes; Oogonia N 5/0735 . . . Sperm cells; Spermatogonia N fat 5/074 . . . Mesenchymal cells, e.g. bone cells, cartilage cells, stromal cells, cells, muscular cells N 5/0749 . . . . Mesenchymal stem cells; Adipose-tissue derived stem cells N 5/075 . . . Cells from the blood or the immune system N 5/0751 . . . . B cells; Progenitors thereof N 5/0752 . . . . T cells; NK cells; Progenitors thereof N 5/0753 . . . . Dendritic cells; Progenitors thereof N 5/0754 . . . . Monocytes; Macrophages N 5/0755 . . . . Granulocytes, e.g. basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils, mast cells N 5/0759 . . . . Stem cells; Multipotent progenitor cells N 5/076 . . . Neural cells N 5/0761 . . . . Neurons N 5/0769 . . . . Stem cells; Progenitor cells N 15/111 . . . Non-coding nucleic acids modulating the expression of genes, e.g. antisenses N 15/113 . . . Aptamers, i.e. nucleic acids binding a target molecule specifically and with high affinity without hybridising thereto N 15/115 . . . Nucleic acids having immunomodulatory properties, e.g. containing CpG-motifs D 5/08 <transferred to 5/07 and subgroups> N 15/872 . . . Techniques for producing new embryos, e.g. nuclear transfer, manipulation of totipotent cells, production of chimeric embryos N 15/8722 . . . . Techniques for producing new mammalian cloned embryos Indexing scheme relating to the specification of the type of nucleic acid of 15/111: N 101/00 Antisense nucleic acids N 103/00 Triple helix-forming nucleic acids N 105/00 Nucleic acids with catalytic activity, e.g. ribozymes N 107/00 Nucleic acids involved in gene interference, e.g. siRNAs, microRNAs.