CalciTech announces
today that CalciTech Synthetic Minerals Ltd, it's wholly owned subsidiary, has
filed an application for a new patent at the UK Patent Office. In due course
equivalent applications will be filed claiming the benefit of the UK filing
date to obtain patent coverage in all major markets.
When granted, this patent will extend the patent protection of CalciTech's
process and product in terms of lifetime and coverage.
This new patent will protect the processes to be used by CalciTech to produce
a Synthetic Calcium Carbonate ("SCC") with exceptional features including,
but not limited to, a unique morphology (rice grain shape), a very narrow particle
size distribution and exceptional purity, which itself gives very high brightness.
Typically, CalciTech produce particles in the sub-micron range which satisfies
the large majority of potential applications, as demonstrated by extensive trials
with future customers. However, CalciTech can use the same process to produce
other particle sizes in the nano and micron range. This wide range of capability
opens up new applications in growing markets.
Christoph Jensen, CalciTech's Technical Director and co-inventor of the processes
that have now been patented, commented: "We have invested considerable
time and energy to develop these processes both at a laboratory scale and then
in the pilot plant. It is very satisfying for those who have worked with me
on this development that our efforts have been rewarded by the filing of a patent."
Posted October 5th, 2009
