ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,903, issued on June 9, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN (Utrecht, Netherlands).

"Liver organoid, uses thereof and culture method for obtaining them" was invented by Meritxell Huch Ortega (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Johannes Carolus Clevers (Huis Ter Heide, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a liver organoid, uses thereof and method for obtaining them."

The patent was filed on March 3, 2021, under Application No. 17/191,650.

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