from RNS25 Jan 2018 14:38
ntellectual property
The Company is responsible for filing and maintaining patents and trade marks for Fruitflow� as part of the Alliance Agreement with DSM. The Company is pursuing a strategy to strengthen the breadth and duration of its patent coverage to maximise the commercial returns that can be achieved from the technology. Trade marks were originally registered in the larger global territories, and new registrations are typically now sought in additional territories in response to requests from current or prospective DSM customers for Fruitflow�.
In December 2013 British and international patent applications were filed for the use of Fruitflow� in mitigating exercise-induced inflammation and for promoting recovery from intense exercise, and as indicated above the patent was granted by the UK IPO on 3 May 2017. Patents are being sought in Europe, the US, China and ten other territories, with the patent application now having entered the national phase, with potential patent protection out to December 2033.
The Company's patent application for Fruit Extracts, relating to part of the production process for Fruitflow�, was granted by the European Patent Office on 11 January 2017, with the patent application also now having entered the national phase across larger global territories, with potential patent protection out to November 2029.
The Company's patent application which was announced in December 2017, relating to the use of Fruitflow� in protecting against the adverse effects of air pollution on the body's cardiovascular system, brings potential patent protection out to 2036.