ArcticZymes AS finalizes its protection of the SAP patent family  

TROMSØ, NORWAY, May 9, 2012 - ArcticZymes AS, a subsidiary of Biotec Pharmacon ASA (TICKER: BIOTEC) has received a Notice of Allowance for the Norwegian patent application of the SAP-patent family.
The allowed patent covers the product and its use as well as the method of producing SAP, ArcticZymes' top-selling enzyme Shrimp Alkaline Phosphatase (SAP). With the approval of this new patent in Norway, ArcticZymes has now a comprehensive patent protection for SAP. There are no further patent applications pending in this patent family, all have been approved. Aside the recently granted Norwegian patent, the SAP-technology is now protected in 17 other countries including major markets like the USA, Japan, UK, Germany, France and Italy.

Adding this patent application to the already large and strong portfolio of existing patent families protecting its main phosphatase, glycosylase and nuclease products, ArcticZymes has...