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News Breaks | | | | January 24, 2013 | | 08:23 EDT |  | NEPT | Neptune Technologies obtains allowance of patent specific to krill oil
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources announces that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, or USPTO, has allowed a second continuation patent application, application number 13/545,830, which claims the benefit of prior Neptune U.S. Patents No. 8,030,348 and 8,278,351. This second continuation application contains only a single claim, which is directed to a capsule comprising an Antarctic krill oil extract comprising a phospholipid suitable for human consumption. This claim covers most, if not all, krill oil products presently sold in the U.S. market. This second continuation application, which was filed less than six months ago, was allowed by the USPTO after a thorough examination. During prosecution, Neptune provided the USPTO with all prior art references and other materials, including all the documents referred to in all of the re-examination requests filed by Aker Biomarine ASA directed to the '348 and '351 Patents, as well as all the documents relating to the oppositions currently underway on related Neptune patents in Europe and Australia. | |
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| May 15, 2013 | | 08:44 EDT | | NEPT | Neptune responds to Aker's attempts to deflect attention from patent dispute
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office recently issued a NON-FINAL Action Closing Prosecution in a re-examination of Neptune's Patent No. 8,030,348. Aker BioMarine, in yet another clear attempt to shift focus from its ongoing infringement of multiple Neptune patents, issued a press release addressing the re-examination. However Aker neglected to disclose that the USPTO's decision to reject Neptune's claims regarding composition of matter was only one procedural step in the long process of re-examination. Neptune will have the opportunity to submit additional arguments stating its position before the USPTO renders a final decision. | | | 08:20 EDT | | NEPT | Class action against Neptune Technologies dismissed
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources announces that the previously announced class action lawsuit filed against Neptune and certain of its officers on December 19, 2012 by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiffs, without prejudice. No payment was made by any of the defendants in connection with the dismissal. | |
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