Secret patent - not.2 Jun 2021 16:45
FWIW IMO there is nothing 'secret' about the 2020 patent. The normal commercial confidentiality rules apply as with any patent application. John was very clear in the IMC meeting as detailed below and 'the world will soon know' was a simple statement of fact. No hidden agenda, no subliminal messaging no teasing.... An application has been submitted, we don't want competitors to know the details and steal a march, it takes time and if/when patent is granted the details will become public knowledge, nothing more, nothing less.
Q11: Could you detail the patent submitted in 2020?
I believe this refers to a Sareum patent whose title has been published on the UK Patent Office website. The UK Patent Office is unusual in publishing the titles of patents in advance of the full publication. There is a period of 18 months between the submission of a patent and its full publication. This gives us a period of confidentiality in which we can add further details to the patents before it is published and examined.