Burcon Receives Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office

The functional properties of Supertein include excellent solubility, the ability to form transparent solutions, foaming and nutrition. Applications for Supertein include beverages, confectionery, aerated desserts, and protein bars, among others.

22 Sep 2009 --- Burcon NutraScience Corporation has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent application covering the overall production process and general processing conditions for producing Burcon’s Supertein canola protein isolate. 

Supertein is a highly-soluble napin-rich canola protein isolate comprised principally of albumin proteins.  The functional properties of Supertein include excellent solubility, the ability to form transparent solutions, foaming and nutrition.  Applications for Supertein include beverages, confectionery, aerated desserts, and protein bars, among others.

“This most recent notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office is commercially significant as it covers an important patent application for producing Superteib,” said Johann F. Tergesen, President and Chief Operating Officer, adding, “Supertein is unique for both its nutritional and functional characteristics.  Functionally, it has exceptional solubility and nutritionally, Supertein has an amino acid profile which is particularly rich in cysteine.”

To-date, Burcon’s patent portfolio consists of 92 issued patents in various countries, including 8 issued U.S. patents, and in excess of 200 additional pending patent applications, 70 of which are U.S. patent applications. Two of the 70 U.S. patent applications have now been allowed, including the patent allowance which is the subject of this news release, and will be issued as granted U.S. patents in the near future.

Burcon NutraScience are developing the world's first commercial canola proteins, Puratein and Supertein with unique functional and nutritional attributes, and CLARISOY, a revolutionary soy protein isolate which is 100% soluble and completely transparent in acidic solutions.