Enzolytics Inc (ENZC)

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It's a good reminder that


1) They don't have these conserved sites mAb patents yet, but they probably have the earliest patent applications.

2) They started the applications process at least 12 months ago.

3) If the applications are approved it'll lock down the IP for a long time. (In whatever countries approve them.)

4) They could potentially lock down the IP in a lot of countries if each country where they apply is willing to approve retroactively-dated patent applications under PCT.

5) Under PCT they could apply for a patent first in USA and have 18 months to begin filing related patents throughout the world. Or they could also file in any other PCT country first (yes Bulgaria is on the list) and have 18 months to file in the USA, and still be able to make the claims they did in this PR.



Edit: I found this in an older PR:

This initial application has been filed in the U.S. and will be extended to claim international patent coverage through the International Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) to which 153 countries subscribe.
https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/enzc/news/Enzolytics-Announces-the-Discovery-and-Patenting-of-Eleven-Newly-Identified-Conserved-Target-Sites-on-the-SARS-CoV-2-Vir?id=290842

So these are USA patent applications which avoids the note about Bulgaria in (5) above. Good to see!