Toronto, Ontario / ACCESSWIRE / October 23, 2014 / ChroMedX Corp. (CSE: CHX) (OTC: MNLIF) (Frankfurt: EIY2) (the "Company"), a developer of in vitro diagnostics and point-of-care technologies is pleased to announce that the trademark for the Company's patented HemoPalm technology has been allowed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and will be officially registered when the HemoPalm is released commercially.
The HemoPalm technology is currently covered by two issued and one pending patent. The pending patent will be filed internationally in spring 2015, with the intent to extend the patent protection term in the US, and to seek patent protection at least in Europe and Asia for the extended term.
"ChroMedX continues to build on a strong foundation of intellectual property detailing the Company's novel in-vitro diagnostic and point-of-care testing systems. We are pleased to make this announcement and look forward to the official registration of the HemoPalm trade mark. " said Dr. Wayne Maddever, P.Eng, President & CEO of ChroMedX Corp.
Furthermore, ChroMedX has recently been assigned U.S. patent 7,807,450 which covers various aspects of the Company's Plasma Extraction Cartridge, a novel device for the separation of plasma from whole blood at the point of collection.
The AUF (Automatic Ultra Filtration) patent application was filed internationally and earlier this year a very favorable written response was issued by the international searching authority. Last week on behalf of ChroMedX, the IP law firm Bereskin & Parr filed a demand for international preliminary examination.
A list of issued and pending patents can be found on the company's website here: http://www.chromedx.com/intellectual-property/
About ChroMedX Corp.
ChroMedX Corp. is a medical technology company focused on the development of novel medical devices for in vitro diagnostics and point-of-care testing. The devices are protected by the Company's issued US and pending international patents, dealing with blood collection, analysis and plasma/serum processing.
The Company recently announced the engagement of Mr. Marco Witteveen of the Netherlands as a Business Development Advisor to assist the Company in the global commercialization of its innovative point of care and in vitro diagnostics technologies.
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