US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN on Dec. 16 for "Hepatocyte expansion methods" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,596, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN (Utrecht, Netherlands).

"Hepatocyte expansion methods" was invented by Johannes Carolus Clevers (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Huili Hu (Utrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to culture methods and media for in vitro expansion of hepatocytes, particularly primary hepatocytes; hepatocyte cultures and organoids obtainable and obtained by said methods; and uses of said hepatocyte cultures and organoids."

The patent was filed on Nov. 26, 2019, under Application No. 17/296,049.

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