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(11) EP 4 816 557 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
07.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/41

(21) Application number: 24896846.3

(22) Date of filing: 21.11.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C12Q 1/6883(2018.01)
G16H 50/20(2018.01)
G16B 40/20(2019.01)
G06N 20/10(2019.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G16H 50/20; G16B 40/20; G06N 20/10; G16H 50/30; G16H 50/70; G16H 40/67; G16H 20/10; G16H 20/40; C12Q 1/6886; C12Q 2600/156
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2024/061672
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/114824 (05.06.2025 Gazette 2025/23)
(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:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 28.11.2023 US 202363603240 P

(71) Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LUO, Jianhua
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 (US)
  • GELLER, David, A.
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 (US)
  • LIU, Shuchang
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 (US)
  • YU, Yanping
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 (US)

(74) Representative: Kraus & Lederer PartGmbB 
Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15
80539 München
80539 München (DE)

   


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