• D-Wave is working with a portfolio of impressive commercial customers including Mastercard, Deloitte, ArcelorMittal, Siemens Healthineers, Unisys, NEC Corporation, Pattison Food Group Ltd., DENSO, Lockheed Martin, and many more
• Governments worldwide are calling for the implementation of quantum applications – with the United States pushing for development and deployment of quantum applications within the next 24 months
• D-Wave, the world’s first commercial quantum computing solutions supplier, is successfully filling the increasing quantum needs of customers along with the growing interest of the government for expanding quantum technology

D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS), a leader in commercial quantum computing systems, software, and services, continues to provide customers clear value via practical quantum and quantum-hybrid applications that solve real-world problems in the areas of logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, and financial modeling. The company delivers these applications to a portfolio of blue-chip industry leaders that include Mastercard, Deloitte, ArcelorMittal, Siemens Healthineers, Unisys, NEC Corporation, Pattison Food Group Ltd., DENSO, Lockheed Martin, and more – reflecting the growing interest and adoption of today’s quantum annealing technology among forward-looking companies.

D-Wave’s quantum technology has been applied to a multitude of computationally complex problems, from grocery store optimization to protein design. Groovenauts and Mitsubishi Estate utilized quantum annealing to optimize waste collection and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 57% (https://ibn.fm/vxRnH). Pattison Food Group reduced the time of important grocery optimization tasks from 25 hours to two minutes using D-Wave’s quantum technology (https://ibn.fm/9HH8Y). Sigma-i streamlined personnel management through quantum computing (https://ibn.fm/oWbjp).

As awareness of quantum annealing’s value to the enterprise grows, D-Wave is also providing resources to streamline adoption. It designed the Launch™ program to help enterprises accelerate the quantum journey by facilitating the transition from problem discovery to production implementation. The company’s in-house professional services teams and technical domain experts help customers start their first quantum project and drive application development through to real-world production implementation.

Various forward-thinking organizations see quantum as an opportunity to move ahead of the competition. According to Hyperion Research, 80% of early adopters plan to increase their commitment to quantum in the next two to three years (https://ibn.fm/RBgMA). Governments worldwide are also pushing for the implementation of quantum applications – with the United States pushing for development and deployment within the next 24 months.

D-Wave Quantum recently announced that it had regained listing compliance with the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), meeting its continued listing standard for the minimum share price. On July 3, 2023, the NYSE provided D-Wave with a notification letter of recompliance based on the company’s minimum share price being at least $1.00 on June 30, 2023, and a calculation of the average closing price for 30 trading days that reflected the $1.00 minimum requirement on the applicable dates. D-Wave will continue to be traded on the NYSE, subject to all applicable listing standards (https://ibn.fm/MIFh2).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.DWaveQuantum.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to QBTS are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/QBTS

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• Report projects that demand for nickel from the battery industry is set to increase significantly
• Texmont testing delivers results that meet or exceed expectations
• The company has acquired 403 additional mining claims within the Texmont ultramafic trend

With experts predicting that nickel metal will play a key role in the 2023 battery-grade market (https://ibn.fm/e8Ky4), Canada Nickel Company (TSX.V: CNC) (OTCQX: CNIKF) appears to be ideally positioned in the growing space. The company just released initial results from preliminary metallurgical testing at its Texmont Nickel Sulphide Project, and the results meet or exceed historical results (https://ibn.fm/NpwuL).

Nickel metal has a key role to play in 2023 battery grade market, states a recent Fastmarkets report. “With global lithium-ion battery production forecast to grow significantly in the coming years, market participants in the global nickel industry are working on the most efficient way to produce nickel sulfate for lithium-ion battery cathodes,” the article notes. “In addition, nickel sulfate is a key component in nickel-manganese-cobalt (“NMC”) units, and nickel-rich batteries are often preferred over lithium-ion batteries due to their high energy density and longer range when used in electric vehicles (“EVs”).

“Demand for nickel from the battery industry is, therefore, set to increase significantly,” the report continued. “Fastmarkets researchers forecast that demand for nickel for use in EV batteries represents around 280,000 tonnes per year of nickel metal globally, which corresponds to around 10% of worldwide demand for nickel. vBut this figure is set to grow significantly. Demand from the battery industry is expected to increase to close to 314,000 tonnes in 2023 and to 668,000 tonnes by 2025.”

With that projection as a backdrop, Canada Nickel’s report of nickel recoveries of 79% to 84% couldn’t have come at a better time. “Texmont continues to deliver excellent results, with initial metallurgy yielding nickel and cobalt recoveries and concentrate grades exceeding our expectations,” said Canada Nickel CEO Mark Selby. “Further, these results were achieved with a simple flowsheet, which will maximize potential opportunities to toll mill our initial production. I look forward to the next phases of work while we complete our initial resource on Texmont and complete a Preliminary Economic Analysis (‘PEA’) by year-end.”

Canada Nickel’s Texmont property is a past-producing mine that contains a large ultramafic body. The company has identified a near-surface, high-grade zone of less than 1% nickel wrapped within a moderate-high grade zone of 0.6 to 1.0% nickel, and Canada Nickel management is evaluating the potential for near-term production from Texmont through open pit mining of this moderate-high grade material. The company is planning to finalize the metallurgical flowsheet in the coming months, including conducting locked cycle and metallurgical variability tests. Following that, Canada Nickel anticipates releasing recovery equations for the Texmont PEA by the end of 2023.

In addition, the company announced that it has acquired 403 additional mining claims within the Texmont ultramafic trend through a series of purchase and sale agreements. “Given our success at Texmont, we capitalized on the opportunity to acquire regional mining claims, consolidating 20 kilometres of property with the potential to find more Texmont-style deposits,” Selby stated. “We have signed a total of 10 agreements, which consolidate 9,520 hectares of mining claims. We view this as an important and highly prospective addition to our Timmins Nickel District.”

Canada Nickel Company is advancing the next generation of nickel-sulphide projects to deliver nickel required to feed the high-growth electric vehicle and stainless-steel markets. Canada Nickel Company is pursuing the development of processes to allow the production of net zero carbon nickel, cobalt and iron products. The company provides investors with leverage to nickel in low political-risk jurisdictions. Canada Nickel is currently anchored by its wholly owned flagship Crawford Nickel-Cobalt Sulphide Project in the heart of the prolific Timmins-Cochrane mining camp.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.CanadaNickel.com. 

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to CNIKF are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/CNIKF

• Freight Technologies (aka Fr8Tech) is a growing commercial freight transportation technology developer whose flagship Fr8App platform helps shippers and carriers easily match loads and destinations in the USMCA
• Trucker Tools is a trip planning, shipment visibility, predictive freight matching and automated booking solutions company that has developed its flagship Smart Capacity(R) platform
• Fr8Tech recently announced integration of Trucker Tools’ network, boosting the pool of truck drivers able to use Fr8App by more than 315,000 carriers
• The collaboration is expected to increase the offers on loads by 75 percent and grow the carrier network for loads originating from and destined to locations within the United States by as much as twentyfold

Supply chain innovator Freight Technologies (NASDAQ: FRGT) (“Fr8Tech”) has expanded the reach of its modern technology platform by welcoming an extensive new pool of truck drivers working within the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) trade area, increasing the ability of commercial freight transportation networks to manage shipping loads of all sizes.

Freight Technologies, aka Fr8Tech, recently announced completion of its collaboration with automated booking solutions platform Trucker Tools, integrating Trucker Tools’ extensive network of over 315,000 carriers across the United States with Fr8Tech’s load-matching solution Fr8App (https://ibn.fm/sPSOl).

Fr8App streamlines the process of connecting shippers with carriers within the USMCA (formerly NAFTA), both domestically and across international borders, using artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning technology.

Fr8App makes it simpler for businesses to post notice of their product load and destination needs, and for truck drivers to view and instantaneously bid on those available loads if the rate aligns with the target, helping the marketplace to efficiently move commerce with trucks filled to a maximum capacity.

Fr8App and the suite of companion brands produced by Fr8Tech further empower shippers and carriers by helping them to easily track loads in real time as they are moving over the road, complete necessary documentation, find dedicated truck services, and transparently review truck operations, helping to eliminate costly errors.

“Fr8App delivered cross-border capacity during a difficult time for us as we worked first through the COVID-19 pandemic and then through our plant expansion challenges in Mexico and many times under conditions that others in the logistics industry were not willing to accept,” multinational insulation manufacturer K-FLEX de México SA de CV President Maged Anis stated recently after renewing the company’s contract with Fr8Tech (https://ibn.fm/vrfJm).

The collaboration between Fr8Tech and Trucker Tools is expected to increase the offers on loads by 75 percent and grow the carrier network for loads originating from and destined to locations within the United States by as much as twentyfold, according to the recent announcement.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Fr8Technologies.com and its freight matching platform information site at www.Fr8.app.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to FRGT are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/FRGT

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• McEwen just reported new copper assays at its Los Azules project in San Juan, Argentina, the 9th largest undeveloped copper deposit in the world
• These results lead the company closer to realizing the full extent and economic potential of the deposit
• The latest drilling program, which began in October 2022 and concluded on June 19, 2023, has attracted new investment capital at rates implying a significant boost in the company’s value
• McEwen’s management is confident a future mine would support annual production of 415 million pounds of copper during its first 13 years at Los Azules, while creating long-term and sustainable value for its shareholders and all stakeholders

McEwen Mining (NYSE: MUX) (TSX: MUX), an asset-rich, diversified gold and silver producer in the Americas, on July 12th reported additional copper assays at its Los Azules project in San Juan, Argentina. Recent infill and other resource drilling completed since the data cut-off for the 2023 Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) highlights the strength of the resource model by directly comparing new assay results to the resource model prediction for the same area. A high level of predictability in the resource model represents an important milestone for McEwen and its efforts towards tapping into this vast resource (https://ibn.fm/qGfzj).

Over the course of the latest drill program, which began in October 2022 and concluded on June 19, 2023, up to 15 rigs completed some 39,900 m of drilling in 138 holes and have expanded the overall drill hole database to 126,000 m. Each hole serves to evaluate and de-risk geotechnical, hydrological, resource or exploration-related parameters and opportunities on a deposit whose depth and lateral extent has yet to be fully determined.

Preparations are underway for the next phase of drilling, which is expected to kick-off in early October. This phase will build on the progress made thus far and continue to increase geologic certainty with drilling needed to delineate a measured mineral resource estimate on the material expected to be mined in the first five years of operations. This work will support completion of a Feasibility Study (“FS”) in 2024/25 and could lead to a construction decision that would achieve the annual production of 415 million pounds of copper for the initial 13 years as contemplated in the 2023 PEA. This will be equivalent to supplying copper to 2.2 million electric vehicles annually.

With Los Azules ranked as the 9th largest undeveloped copper deposit in the world by Mining Intelligence (2022), McEwen Mining stands to emerge as a leader showcasing mining’s innovative contribution to the green economy while creating exceptional value for its shareholders. Recent investments by Stellantis, one of the world’s largest automakers and mobility providers and also Nuton LLC, a Rio Tinto venture, serve as international recognition of the long-term potential of the Los Azules project.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.McEwenMining.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to MUX are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/MUX

• The article covers the concentration of cannabidiol in hypertensive women and men using the company’s patented DehydraTECH(TM)-processed CBD
• The global cardiovascular drugs market is expected to grow from $146.51 billion in 2021, reaching $173.48 billion in 2026, growing at a CAGR of 3.1%
• The article supports Lexaria’s efforts as it pursues IND status from the FDA for DehydraTECH-CBD as a potential treatment for hypertension
• Company is planning to begin preparations for a clinical trial that could start as early as the fourth quarter

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, recently announced that its groundbreaking research utilizing its patented DehydraTECH(TM)-processed cannabidiol (DehydraTECH-CBD) has been published in eight peer-reviewed articles across six different publications. Lexaria’s research into DehydraTECH-CBD is being considered for indications including hypertension, diabetes, epilepsy, and more. Hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes are broad fields of interest for the company, with DehydraTECH-CBD generating positive pilot-study data.

“We’re proud of the impressive amount of research that our Company has been able to develop through its HYPER-H21 series of clinical studies that has now been assessed by a variety of our respected peers,” said John Docherty, President of Lexaria (https://ibn.fm/3SiWY). “Lexaria is establishing itself as one of the world’s leaders in the investigation of cannabidiol for the purposes of controlling human blood pressure, and we are now focused on launching an FDA-registered IND program to formally investigate DehydraTECH-CBD for hypertension this year.”

The global cardiovascular drugs market is expected to grow from $146.51 billion in 2021, reaching $173.48 billion in 2026, growing at a CAGR of 3.1%. The market’s growth is supported by the increase in sedentary jobs, busy lifestyles, and changing consumer preferences – factors affecting the disease profile in world populations. North America contributed as the largest cardiovascular drug region in 2021 (https://ibn.fm/wnBEH).

The most recent publication in June 2023 in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Molecular Sciences is “Differences in Plasma Cannabidiol Concentrations in Women and Men: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study” (https://ibn.fm/3syrx). The addition of this research article builds on the growing body of peer-reviewed literature developed by Lexaria’s leading research team into the effects of DehydraTECH-CBD and human health.

The findings and conclusions from the most recently published article revolve around the concentrations of CBD in a subject’s plasma and the bioavailability of the drug, examining the potential therapeutic benefits of CBD in the triple-blind study. Of the 62 hypertensive volunteers, concentrations of CBD were found to be higher in women and correlated with the proportion of adipose tissue. Lexaria found that the difference between the sexes was attributed to higher levels of fat tissue in women compared to men, and the men’s higher metabolism contributed to lower levels of CBD during the study.

Lexaria’s patented DehydraTECH technology improves how active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) enter the bloodstream by promoting healthier oral ingestion methods and increasing the effectiveness of fat-soluble molecules. DehydraTECH is covered by 34 granted patents and many pending patents.

The benefits of using DehydraTECH technology include:

• Improves the speed of onset, with effects felt in minutes
• Increased bioavailability by more effectively delivering the drug into the bloodstream
• Increased brain absorption, with testing suggesting up to 17x improvement
• Reduction in drug administration costs through a higher ratio of drug delivery

Lexaria’s next steps for its hypertension program include IND submission and additional preparations for its clinical trial. If the FDA clears the IND, Lexaria could begin its Phase Ib study as early as the fourth quarter of this year.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to LEXX are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/LEXX

• Digital money is replacing physical cash and further supporting the growth of a growing cashless society driven by the pandemic and other factors
• FEXD supports the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals of reducing cross-border transaction costs from 7 percent to 3 percent
• FEXD plans to offer a diverse portfolio of products and services to consumers and businesses in the United States, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America

Financial technology, more commonly referred to as fintech, fuels economic growth and reduces inequality, poverty, and informality in underdeveloped companies. For impoverished people and small businesses without access to financial services as simple as a bank account, fintech creates opportunities and the ability to send and receive payments securely and access to savings, credit, and insurance products. Fintech Ecosystem Development (NASDAQ: FEXD), a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”), was formed with the mission of creating and growing a global financial services ecosystem to address unmet mobile money needs in developing and industrialized countries and markets.

With digital money replacing physical cash, consumers buy products and services from anywhere in the world, making payments across borders. FEXD plans to offer a diverse portfolio of products and services to consumers and businesses in the United States, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America – using a growth strategy that includes developing mobile transaction platforms, applications, and services to help implement the changing financial landscape.

Mobitech International LLC (dba Afinoz), an artificial intelligence-enabled digital lending platform used by India’s leading banks, non-banking financial companies, and fintech loan providers, is currently a targeted acquisition for FEXD. Afinoz’s fintech platform supports enterprises making loans primarily to middle- and working-class borrowers via its website or mobile phone app. This platform makes loans available and affordable to millions of Indian workers and unbanked users by providing access at a low cost from more than 50 lending partners.

A McKinsey & Company research report outlines major trends driving the growth of digital payments worldwide, especially in the emerging markets that FEXD plans to service. The first trend outlined in the report is the pandemic, which accelerated the trend of contactless payments. Second, ecommerce continues to grow and evolve, being expected to increase by 12 to 15 percent annually by 2025. Third, governments are pushing for cashless payments to facilitate inoperability, plug tax leakages, and ensure effective aid distribution. Finally, the report points out that investors are hungry for digital payments, leading to an abundance of payments-focused fintechs (https://ibn.fm/HHUHb).

With so many areas of the world severely underserviced by financial service markets, FEXD plans to make it easier for people to access faster and cheaper ways of transferring money directly across borders to fund business transactions and provide support. With the increased interest in smartphone operation, mobile money platforms provide a solution for those who want to access financial institutions without requiring access to physical banking facilities. The company also allows people in other countries to access USD online accounts with FDIC assurance.

FEXD supports the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals of reducing cross-border transaction costs from 7 percent to 3 percent – using advanced technology to lower fintech costs and international fees. The company is led by a management team with extensive expertise in developing and managing financial service platforms and applications that will further drive the mobile money sector toward a cashless society.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.FintechEcoSys.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to FEXD are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/FEXD

• National awareness of glioblastoma tumors (“GBM”) sustained by Congressional leaders aim to improve efforts to treat brain cancers and ultimately improve patient survival
• GBM is a widely occurring, aggressive and effectively incurable brain cancer that few patients survive beyond three years
• U.S.-based drug developer CNS Pharmaceuticals is in the midst of a global potentially pivotal clinical trial for its lead pharmaceutical candidate, Berubicin, which it aims to show improves on standard of care chemotherapy agent Lomustine’s approach to treating GBM
• Berubicin is a novel anthracycline that is practically unique in its ability to cross the blood-brain barrier to directly target tumors, and a Phase I trial of the drug in 2006 produced a surviving patient with over 15 years cancer-free
• An interim futility analysis of the current trial is anticipated later this year

A simple search of the Internet shows a number of clinical trials attempting to improve treatment options for glioblastoma (“GBM”) brain cancers, and Congress will recognize a National Glioblastoma Awareness Day next month to further support development of effective brain cancer responses.

That’s because, as the U.S. Social Security Administration acknowledges in its protocols for speeding disability applications through “compassionate allowances,” GBM tumors are “the most malignant of the primary brain cancers” and they respond “poorly to all currently available treatments.”

The protocols for compassionate allowance in GBM cases further note that “prognosis is grim, as most patients die within 2 years and few survive longer than three years” (https://ibn.fm/GhhSL).

Texas-based cancer drug innovator CNS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CNSP) is nearing the release of its interim analysis for its potentially pivotal clinical trial tracking the effectiveness of drug candidate Berubicin, which has already produced one patient with over 15 years of GBM survival.

Berubicin distinguishes itself by being virtually unique in its status as a cancer-fighting anthracycline that crosses the blood-brain barrier to attack central nervous system tumors directly.

Berubicin also distinguished itself by presenting statistically significant improvement in nearly half of the two dozen patients evaluated in a Phase I trial in 2006, including one patient whose last-known status remained cancer free as the current trial process began ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Association for Cancer Research recently highlighted the case of GBM patient Adam Hayden, who has survived his diagnosis since 2016 — a decade less than the Berubicin trial patient but highly noteworthy nonetheless at seven years. 

Hayden’s role as a patient advocate led to an audience with Congressional leaders in May in which he and his family lobbied the lawmakers for increased funding for cancer research, as well as his participation in President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative at the White House (https://ibn.fm/iPbfm).

A bipartisan Congressional resolution designated last month as Brain Tumor Awareness Month in support of efforts to find better brain cancer treatments, and Arizona senior Sen. Kyrsten Sinema co-introduced bipartisan legislation designating July 9 as National Glioblastoma Awareness Day in honor of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, who died of GBM in 2018.

Sinema’s resolution “calls for treatments of glioblastoma and related brain cancers to slow its progression, improve quality of life, and recognize the importance of molecular biomarker testing to improve diagnosis and treatment” (https://ibn.fm/gRvBo).

CNS Pharmaceutical has raised sufficient capital to enable the company to secure its trial beyond the interim analysis at least into the fourth quarter (https://ibn.fm/aWCfQ).

Primary completion of the trial is expected next year, with final results in late 2024 or early 2025. The trial has achieved global status, recruiting patients in the United States, Spain, France, Switzerland and Italy. The trial’s ultimate aim is to show Berubicin offers a better rate of overall survival compared to Lomustine, but there are also several secondary measurements that will be evaluated, including improved survival without tumor progression or adverse treatment events, and improvement in the overall proportion of patients responding to treatment.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.CNSPharma.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to CNSP are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/CNSP

BREATHE! Convention at The Expo @ World Market Center Las Vegas will showcase the emerging and decentralized technology that continues to shape the future of work, art, finance, and more!

Professionals interested in exploring the potential of Web3, Blockchain, AI, and other emerging tech applications are invited to attend the three-day event at one of the world’s largest and most recognized convention centers.

“Anyone who attends, whether you are an emerging tech pro or newbie, has the opportunity to put the power of emerging tech applications into the palm of your hands,” says BREATHE! Public Relations Director Brian Edmiston. “BREATHE! is here to ease the education and adoption process for anyone who wants to make use of ChatGPT, AI, Blockchain, Digital Ownership, and the Metaverse in their daily lives.”

BREATHE! features workshops, panel discussions and keynote presentations from industry experts selected by event producer 5AM Global based on their merit, expertise, and engagement skills. The presenters are neither paid nor paying for the opportunity to stand at center stage — it’s all about passion and positioning at the forefront of this new generation of applied science.

The Web’s first iteration launched in 1990 was a read-only sharing of information across global computer networks, followed by the 2.0 evolution currently used in which computer users can read and write in receiving or distributing information across the Web’s expanding networks. Web3 envisions transforming the model to a read-write-own sharing of knowledge and commerce at the most fundamental level.

The official BREATHE! White Paper details its focus on empowering attendees through blockchain, Metaverse, AI, and adjacent Web3 technologies including token-based economics. BREATHE! began its pre-launch organization in November and, following on its full launch at the beginning of the year, has populated its website with an increasing number of speakers and participating brands.

Attendees at September’s event will learn about decentralized finance (Defi), crypto universe developments amid continually fluctuating markets, and the potential of non-fungible token (“NFT”) use in the ever-expanding digital ecosystem. Programming focused on the Metaverse will introduce innovations in augmented reality, virtual reality and new levels of gameplay possibilities.

In addition to providing an education on emerging tech developments, BREATHE! will deliver an opportunity for attendees to network with experts, investors, and industry leaders.

Key takeaways:

• BREATHE! is focused on education, experience, and entertainment for a fully comprehensive and socially engaged emerging tech convention
• BREATHE!’s three-day convention takes place at one of the world’s largest convention centers in Las Vegas, Nevada, one of the most recognized event, entertainment, and business destinations in the world
• There is a growing anticipation for BREATHE! to host more than 5,000 attendees, more than 80 speakers, and more than 200 brands on display
• The convention’s panel discussions, fireside chats, hot seats, and keynote presentations will provide insights, releases, and applicable knowledge on how emerging tech innovations will impact every corner of society today, tomorrow and for years to come
• BREATHE! Villages will establish an ecosystem of interconnected projects and companies showing the scope of emerging tech services and technologies
• Workshops, panel discussions and keynote presentations from industry experts were selected based on quality and passion, not financial incentive

Behind the Scenes:

5AM Global is a strategic marketing and business management firm with a developed brand and reputation whose Co-Founder and CEO Shawn Willis was recognized by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as 2021 Entrepreneur of the Year in Nevada. BREATHE! has an advisory board of subject matter experts and investors from all over the world, with strategic event collaborators in the MENA Region, United Kingdom, France, and other emerging tech hotspots.

Registering for early access tickets BREATHE! Convention is available directly at https://tickets.breatheconvention.com/

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• Lexaria is a global innovator in drug delivery platforms with an expanding portfolio of patents that currently stands at 34 granted patents and many patents pending worldwide
• These patents pertain to the company’s method of improving bioavailability and taste as well as the use of DehydraTECH(TM) as a delivery platform for a wide variety of active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”)
• The company has, since June 2015, simultaneously filed the US utility patent application and an international patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”) procedure, both through the USPTO
• The PCT procedure has made the process of initiating international patent applications a bit easier by eliminating the need to file multiple applications directly to each target country
• Lexaria is looking to leverage the protection its portfolio confers to pursue commercial out-licensing opportunities

“Patenting is one way for a company to differentiate itself. Patents can protect innovation, create licensing value, advance a brand, and reward innovators – all of which contributes to a larger corporate identity,” Alan Fisch of Fisch Sigler, a patent litigation firm in Washington, DC., told WIRED (https://ibn.fm/WMroF). According to WIRED, patenting can be a process that takes years, ending in success for only about half of patents submitted. So it’s a significant accomplishment and, according to Fisch, “patenting is one way for a company to differentiate itself. Patents can protect innovation, create licensing value, advance a brand, and reward innovators—all of which contributes to a larger corporate identity.”

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, recently hit a milestone, announcing it had received notification of four newly granted patents that grew its intellectual property (“IP”) portfolio to 34 granted patents worldwide as of July 13, 2023 (https://ibn.fm/li1hY), with many more pending worldwide. Lexaria now has patents issued in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, India, the European Union and Japan, pertaining to its method of improving bioavailability and taste, as well as the use of DehydraTECH(TM) as a delivery platform for a range of active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”).

Formative Years

“Lexaria began filing for DehydraTECH in [June] 2014 with two initial US provisional patent application filings by the original inventors Poppy’s Teas LLC. (“PoViva”), which Lexaria acquired by way of exclusive, worldwide license rights and controlling interest in the founding company,” the company explains in its annual report for FY 2021 (https://ibn.fm/UwmF1). But the provisional applications, which have a 12-month pendency period that cannot be extended, would be pointless if the company did not act within the specified timeline. So, to enjoy the benefit from the earlier filing of the provisional application, the company, on June 2015, filed a nonprovisional utility patent, following which the USPTO issued a patent granted in October 2016. The company’s first in the US, this patent was titled Cannabinoid Infused Food and Beverage Compositions and Methods of Use Thereof (https://ibn.fm/yi3MI) under its Patent Family #1.

The company’s decision to first file a provisional application followed by a nonprovisional application has benefits, according to the USPTO. “A provisional application provides the means to establish an early effective filing date in a later-filed nonprovisional patent application filed under 35 USC §111(a). It also allows the term ‘Patent Pending’ to be applied in connection with the description of the invention,” explains USPTO’s website (https://ibn.fm/bQnuX). And for a company that was still growing, it provided an effective and fast avenue to gain protection for 12 months before filing the nonprovisional patent.

US Patent Application Process

In its subsequent patent applications, at least in the United States, Lexaria has largely prepared and submitted nonprovisional patent applications, a process that has several steps. Before submitting an application, the applicant must decide on whether to file the application on their own or with the assistance of a registered patent attorney or agent, pay for and conduct a search to establish if the invention has already been publicly disclosed by another party, and create and validate a USPTO.gov account, just to mention a few crucial initial steps.

They then submit the application, whereupon they obtain a filing date. This application should contain the following elements: Utility Patent Application Transmittal Form or Transmittal Letter; appropriate fees (captured in a Fee Transmittal Form); bibliographic data (captured in an Application Data Sheet); specifications, including the description of the patent, at least one claim, and an abstract; drawings (when necessary); executed oath or declaration; nucleotide and amino acid sequence listing (when necessary); and large tables or computer listings (when necessary).

The USPTO then examines the patent application and sends a Notice of Allowance if it meets all legal patent requirements. The applicant must then pay the issue fee within three months from the date of mailing of the Notice of Allowance, at which point the patent becomes granted (https://ibn.fm/pfCqx). Patent maintenance fees may apply thereafter.

International Patent Application Under PCT Procedure

A patent granted in the US does not, of course, guarantee international protection for companies like Lexaria targeting the international market. For them, the international patent application is the only recourse. And while it may sound daunting, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”), administered by the World Intellectual Property Organizations (“WIPO”) (https://ibn.fm/PFiYW), has made the process a tad easier.

Under the PCT, applicants can file a single international patent application that they then use as the foundation to file national filings. (National filings are necessary because legal patent requirements vary from country to country, but the steps are largely more or less the same.) Because applicants do not need to file multiple applications directly to each target country, the PCT can save time and money.

It is this route that Lexaria has continually used, starting June 2015 when the company first initiated the simultaneous filing of the US utility patent application and an international patent application under the PCT procedure, both through the USPTO. Lexaria has used the PCT procedure to seek the protection of its IP for multiple patent families, with some applications successful and many more pending worldwide. These granted patents include:

Benefits of Lexaria’s Growing Patent Portfolio

• Patent Family #1: Food and Beverage Compositions Infused with Lipophilic Active Agents and Methods of Use Thereof, granted in the United States, Australia, Japan, Canada, and Europe
• Patent Family #2: Methods for Formulating Orally Ingestible Compositions Comprising Lipophilic Active Agents, granted in Australia, Japan, and Mexico
• Patent Family #3: Stable Ready-to-Drink Beverage Compositions Comprising Lipophilic Active Agents, granted in Australia, India, Japan, and Mexico
• Patent Family #6: Transdermal and/or Dermal Delivery of Lipophilic Active Agents, granted in Canada
• Patent Family #7: Lipophilic Active Agent Infused Compositions with Reduced Food Effect, granted in Japan
• Patent Family #8: Compositions Infused with Nicotine Compounds and Methods of Use Thereof, granted in Canada and Australia
• Patent Family #18: Compositions and Methods for Enhanced Delivery of Antiviral Agents, granted in the United States and Australia
• Patent Family #21: Compositions and Methods for Treating Hypertension, granted in the United States

Lexaria’s approach to seeking protection for its IP has been nothing short of strategic. The company not only pursues international patent protection through filings under the PCT, to which 157 countries are current signatories, but it also follows that up with national filings in jurisdictions with the highest commercial potential. The company also understands the commercial opportunities that a robust patent portfolio confers.

In his latest annual letter to shareholders (https://ibn.fm/xXhqo), CEO Chris Bunka emphasized that “Lexaria’s business model is to out-license our technology in exchange for royalties” and that “any out-licensing transactions Lexaria achieves with pharmaceutical companies may also be accompanied by significant, potentially multi-million dollar staged development milestone fees payable to Lexaria.”

Last summer, the company signed commercial licensing agreements with Japan’s Premier Wellness Science Co. Ltd. (https://ibn.fm/krI4E), Atlanta-based BevNology (https://ibn.fm/JOYsR), Denmark’s Valcon Medical A/S (https://ibn.fm/sGjaR) and Ireland’s AnodGen Bioceuticals (https://ibn.fm/ICPht). Lexaria is also in discussions with a number of larger companies in Europe and North America regarding the licensed use of DehydraTECH technology for the consumer sectors and within the pharmaceutical industry, according to Bunka. In addition, if and when the company’s remaining patent applications become granted patents, its ability to generate additional license revenues from its IP may increase from multiple other jurisdictions.

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