ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,092, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to WESTLAKE THERAPEUTICS (HANGZHOU) Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Method for preparing mature red blood cells in vitro using peripheral blood" was invented by Xiaofei Gao (Hangzhou, China), Yanjie Huang (Hangzhou, China) and Qing Zhang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for producing red blood cells by using peripheral blood as well as the produced red blood cells."

The patent was filed on Feb. 26, 2020, under Application No. 17/430,020.

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