US Patent Issued to University of Washington on June 3 for "High-throughput automation of organoids for identifying therapeutic strategies" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,800, issued on June 3, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).

"High-throughput automation of organoids for identifying therapeutic strategies" was invented by Benjamin Freedman (Seattle), Nelly M. Cruz Esteves (Seattle), Neal Paragas (Seattle) and Stefan Czerniecki (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for testing the effects of therapeutic compound candidates on a phenotypic organoid model is provided. Such a method includes steps of generating the phenotypic organoid model on a high throughput screening platform, treating the organoid with a therapeutic compound candidate, and testing one or more effects resul...