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(88) Date of publication A3: 28.03.2024 (43) Date of publication: 18.06.2025 Bulletin 2025/25 (21) Application number: 23758524.5 (22) Date of filing: 09.08.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G01N 33/68(2006.01) B82Y 15/00(2011.01) C07K 14/475(2006.01) B82Y 5/00(2011.01) C07K 14/00(2006.01) C12Q 1/6869(2018.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B82Y 5/00; B82Y 15/00; C12Q 1/6869; G01N 33/6872; C07K 14/245   C-Sets: C12Q 1/6869, C12Q 2565/631; (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/072065 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/033421 (15.02.2024 Gazette 2024/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: 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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 09.08.2022 GB 202211602 (71) Applicant: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC Oxford OX4 4DQ (GB)	(72) Inventors: WALLACE, Elizabeth Jayne Oxford OX4 4DQ (GB) SINGH, Pratik Raj Oxford OX4 4DQ (GB) MALAVIARACHCHIGE RABEL, Ranga Prabhath Oxford OX4 4DQ (GB) HAMBLEY, Richard George Oxford OX4 4DQ (GB) JAYASINGHE, Lakmal Nishantha Oxford OX4 4DQ (GB) (74) Representative: Greaves Brewster LLP  Copa House Station Road Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3AH Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3AH (GB)