Sabinsa secures process patent
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Sabinsa Corp. secures a new herbal manufacturing process patent covering its proprietary method of easily accessing known polyphenols and a streamlined approach to discovering unknown polyphenolic compounds, the company announces Aug. 27. The Piscataway, N.J.-based firm won the '324 patent six months after submitting materials to USPTO related to the methods and processes used to manufacture stilbene-polyphenols which exhibit various health benefits including resveratrol, oxyresveratrol and pterostilbene. The patent also covers the firm's process for synthesizing biologically active polyphenolic compounds by novel dalkylation, an aromatic poly o-demethlyation process used in polyphenol manufacturing. The firm recently added Canadian protection to its list of U.S. and international patents protecting its Bioperine brand ingredient 1("The Tan Sheet" Aug. 13, 2007, In Brief)...