ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,480, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Public University Corporation Yokohama City University (Yokohama, Japan).

"Formation of three-dimensional organ from pluripotent stem cells" was invented by Hideki Taniguchi (Yokohama, Japan) and Takanori Takebe (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an organ bud and a method of preparing an organ bud."

The patent was filed on May 21, 2024, under Application No. 18/670,347.

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