Bio-Path expands global patent portfolio

Bio-Path Holdings announced the receipt of newly issued patents in Mexico, Australia and Japan, and updated investors on the extent of its global intellectual property portfolio. Bio-Path has expanded its intellectual property portfolio by filing patent applications that are applicable to its technology and business strategy. Bio-Path’s patent portfolio currently includes five issued patents in the U.S. and 54 issued patents in foreign jurisdictions, providing protection in 21 countries. Bio-Path’s composition of matter patents are intended to protect encroachment from third parties on its proprietary products. This technology is solely owned by Bio-Path. These composition patents, including composition and methods of use patents covering the DNAbilize technology, should allow the Company to apply its core technology to new protein targets and receive an additional 20-years of patent exclusivity. On this basis, Bio-Path has one additional patent application allowed in the U.S. and five additional patent applications allowed in foreign jurisdictions, for a total of six additional patent grants expected this year. Further, the Company has five pending patent applications in the U.S. and 46 pending patent applications in key foreign jurisdictions across six families of applications, for a total of 51 pending applications. Newly issued patents have been granted in Mexico, Australia, and Japan. Instituto Mexicano de la Propriedad Industrial has issued MX 409482 titled, “P-ethoxy nucleic acids for IGF-1R inhibition.” In addition, IP Australia issued three new patents: AU 2018255352 titled, “P-ethoxy nucleic acids for STAT3 inhibition;” AU 2018255353 titled, “P-ethoxy nucleic acids for IGF-1R inhibition;” and AU 2018254468 titled, “P-ethoxy nucleic acids for BCL2 inhibition.” Finally, the Japanese Patent Office has issued JP 7441002 titled, “P-ethoxy nucleic acids for liposomal formulation.”