RE: Patents, Fruitflow9 Aug 2020 06:16
There are others but this is taken from the interim results RNS.
Intellectual property
The Company is responsible for filing and maintaining patents and trade marks for Fruitflow as part of the
Alliance Agreement with DSM, and patent coverage for Fruitflow now includes the following patent families:
• Improved Fruitflow / Fruit Extracts, which was granted by the European Patent Office in January 2017.
The patent has been granted in eight other major territories to include China, and patent applications are
at a late stage of progression in a further six global territories, with potential patent protection out to
November 2029.
• Antihypertensive (blood pressure lowering) effects in collaboration with the University of Oslo, which have
now been granted for Fruitflow in Europe and three other major territories. Patent applications are being
progressed in a further five major territories to include the US and China, with potential patent protection
out to April 2033.
• The use of Fruitflow with nitrates in mitigating exercise-induced inflammation and for promoting recovery
from intense exercise. The patent was first granted by the UK IPO (Intellectual Property Office) in May
2017, and further patents have been granted in Australia and Japan. Further patents for this formulation
are being sought in Europe, the US, China and ten other territories, with potential patent protection out to
December 2033.
• The use of Fruitflow in protecting against the adverse effects of air pollution on the body’s cardiovascular
system, which extends potential patent protection for Fruitflow out to November 2037. Recent laboratory
work has shown that Fruitflow can reduce the platelet activation caused by airborne particulate matter,
such as that from diesel emissions, by approximately one third.
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