The EPO published patent application EP4067472A1 for an extracellular vesicle recovery method and associated blood collection tube technology. The application claims priority and designates all European Patent Convention contracting states including AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, and TR. The IPC classifications span C12M, C12N, C12Q, and G01N categories.

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