Culture Method for Organoids
Summary
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen filed patent application US20260109944A1 on April 23, 2026, covering improved culture methods for expanding epithelial stem cells and obtaining organoids, along with related culture media and uses. The application names Meritxell Huch Ortega, Johannes Carolus Clevers, and Sylvia Fernandez Boj as inventors, with a priority filing date of April 24, 2025. Patent examiners and applicants will monitor prosecution of this application through the USPTO examination process.
“The invention relates to improved culture methods for expanding epithelial stem cells and obtaining organoids, to culture media involved in said methods, and to uses of said organoids.”
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The USPTO published patent application US20260109944A1, filed by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen (Dutch Academy of Sciences), covering culture methods for expanding epithelial stem cells and generating organoids, including the culture media compositions and applications of the resulting organoids. This represents a published patent application, not an issued patent, and does not yet grant enforceable IP rights.
Pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers engaged in organoid research or regenerative medicine should monitor this application's prosecution status, as a granted patent could affect research licensing or product development pathways in this space. Research institutions and biotech firms working with stem cell culture or organoid models may want to evaluate potential freedom-to-operate implications.
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Culture Method for Organoids
Application US20260109944A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Assignee
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen
Inventors
Meritxell Huch Ortega, Johannes Carolus Clevers, Sylvia Fernandez Boj
Abstract
The invention relates to improved culture methods for expanding epithelial stem cells and obtaining organoids, to culture media involved in said methods, and to uses of said organoids.
CPC Classifications
C12N 5/0602 A61K 35/39 A61K 35/407 C12N 5/067 C12N 5/0671 C12N 5/0676 C12N 5/0677 C12N 2501/01 C12N 2501/11 C12N 2501/115 C12N 2501/119 C12N 2501/12 C12N 2501/15 C12N 2501/155 C12N 2501/19 C12N 2501/30 C12N 2501/345 C12N 2501/415 C12N 2501/42 C12N 2501/999 C12N 2503/02 Y02A 50/30
Filing Date
2025-04-24
Application No.
19188730
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