CO2 Solutions Wins Patent Challenge

TSX-V: CST

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 10, 2016 /CNW/ - CO₂ Solutions Inc. (or the "Corporation") (TSX-V: CST), the leader in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, today announced that broad intellectual property (IP) rights in Denmark have been upheld by the Danish Patent Office. In the re-examination decision, the Danish Patent Office maintained the issued claims in the Corporation's registered Utility Model #BR 201400144 entitled SYSTEM FOR CO2 CAPTURE USING PACKED REACTOR AND ABSORPTION MIXTURE WITH MICRO-PARTICLES INCLUDING BIOCATALYSTS. In fact, all 87 claims of the utility model were maintained in unamended form, meaning that the Corporation's creation, as defined in the claims, is considered to be novel and distinct over the prior art.

The decision came pursuant to a challenge filed by Akermin Inc., a U.S. company that had intended to utilize similar CO₂ capture technology for a biogas-related project in Denmark, known as ENZUP. CO₂ Solutions had notified Akermin's Danish ENZUP partners of their impending infringement of the Corporation's IP, subsequent to which Akermin filed its challenge.

"This decision is the third in Denmark upholding all of our intellectual property claims in the face of vigorous opposition by Akermin and other ENZUP partners," stated Evan Price, President and Chief Executive Officer of CO₂ Solutions. "The decision clearly confirms our ownership of the IP related to enzyme-enabled carbon capture, the most economical and cleanest commercial technology available to date for this purpose. While we offered the ENZUP partners a single commercial licence for use of the CO₂ Solutions' IP in their project, it appears that, pursuant to this decision, Akermin has indefinitely ceased operations and the ENZUP project itself, in Denmark, has been cancelled. CO₂ Solutions welcomes initiatives to implement carbon capture technology, but shall defend the Corporation's IP wherever we observe actual or imminent infringement on our rights, as we have done successfully in Denmark."

About CO₂ Solutions Inc.
CO₂ Solutions is an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture and has been actively working to develop and commercialize the technology for stationary sources of carbon pollution. CO₂ Solutions' technology lowers the cost barrier to Carbon Capture, Sequestration and Utilization (CCSU), positioning it as a viable CO₂ mitigation tool, as well as enabling industry to derive profitable new products from these emissions. CO₂ Solutions has built an extensive patent portfolio covering the use of carbonic anhydrase, or analogues thereof, for the efficient post-combustion capture of carbon dioxide with low‐energy aqueous solvents. Further information can be found at www.co2solutions.com.

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SOURCE CO2 Solutions Inc.

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