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EP4127723 - PROGNOSTIC MARKERS OF DISEASE RECURRENCE IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA [Right-click to bookmark this link]
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Status updated on  31.03.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip30.01.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): PL, SK
published on 04.03.2026  [2026/10]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Universiteit Gent
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25
9000 Gent / BE
[2025/12]
Former [2023/06]For all designated states
Universiteit Gent
Technologiepark
Zwijnaarde 914
9052 Gent / BE
Inventor(s)01 / VERHELST, Xavier
Rooberg 1
9860 Landskouter / BE
02 / VAN VLIERBERGHE, Hans
Rooigemstraat 11
9750 Kruisem / BE
 [2023/06]
Application number, filing date21713692.825.03.2021
[2023/06]
WO2021EP57788
Priority number, dateEP2020016631627.03.2020         Original published format: EP 20166316
[2023/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021191372
Date:30.09.2021
Language:EN
[2021/39]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4127723
Date:08.02.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.09.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP4127723
Date:11.06.2025
Language:EN
[2025/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP30.09.2021
ClassificationIPC:G01N33/574
[2023/06]
CPC:
G01N33/57525 (EP,US); G01N2400/00 (EP); G01N2400/12 (US);
G01N2440/38 (EP); G01N2800/245 (EP); G01N2800/52 (EP,US)
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Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
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TitleGerman:PROGNOSTISCHE KRANKHEITSMARKER IN LEBERTRANSPLANTATIONSEMPFÄNGERN MIT HEPATOZELLULÄREM KARZINOM[2023/06]
English:PROGNOSTIC MARKERS OF DISEASE RECURRENCE IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA[2023/06]
French:MARQUEURS DE PRONOSTIC DE LA RÉCURRENCE DE LA MALADIE CHEZ LES RECEVEURS DE GREFFE DE FOIE ATTEINTS D'UN CARCINOME HÉPATOCELLULAIRE[2025/08]
Former [2023/06]MARQUEURS DE PRONOSTIC DE RÉCIDIVE DE MALADIE CHEZ DES RECEVEURS DE GREFFE HÉPATIQUE ATTEINT D'UN CARCINOME HÉPATOCELLULAIRE
Entry into regional phase18.08.2022National basic fee paid 
18.08.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
18.08.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.08.2022Examination requested  [2023/06]
18.08.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
02.05.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.09.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.11.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.02.2025Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.05.2025Fee for grant paid
05.05.2025Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.05.2025Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
27.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
26.03.2025Renewal fee patent year 05
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-8278(17)30694-3
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2017.12.027
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.21855
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-1500
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