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RNS Number : 4694X  Directa Plus PLC  30 August 2022

30 August 2022

 

Directa Plus plc

("Directa Plus" or the "Company")

 

Notice of Allowance for US Patent

 

Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a leading producer and supplier of graphene
nanoplatelets based products for use in consumer and industrial markets,
announces that the Company has received a Notice of Allowance from the United
States Patent and Trademark Office for the grant of a patent covering the
Company's G+® embedded polyurethane membrane, developed explicitly for the
textile industry, together with its production method and its applications.
 The patent, titled "Polyurethane film comprising graphene and preparation
process thereof", has a priority date of 5 May 2017.  The official grant,
expected shortly, will follow on from the completion of the filing process.

 

G+® membranes are highly functional membranes that combine breathability and
water protection with thermal and electrical conductivity.  They provide
superior thermal comfort by enhancing heat retention, due to high infrared
absorption, while equalising it as a result of high in-plane thermal
conductivity.  They are electrically conductive, and the conductivity
properties can be adjusted to confer antistatic behaviours for heating.
Directa Plus' G+® membranes are non-toxic, non-cytotoxic, and safe against
the skin.  The membranes are used in apparel markets including the
sportswear, workwear, military, luxury and accessories segments.  In
addition, they are being developed for use in the automotive, filtration and
upholstery markets.

 

Following the official grant of the patent, Directa Plus's IP portfolio will
comprise 20 patent families with 80 patents granted and 30 patents pending.

 

Commenting, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of Directa Plus, said: "Our core
textile offering is generating considerable interest in the US market and
therefore patent protection, and defence, in the territories in which we
operate remains a fundamental part of our strategy to create value for
shareholders."

 

For further information please visit http://www.directa-plus.com/
(http://www.directa-plus.com/) or contact:

 

 Directa Plus plc                                            +39 02 36714458
 Giulio Cesareo, CEO / Giorgio Bonfanti, CFO

 Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)  +44 131 220 6939
 Neil McDonald / Adam Rae

 Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker)                       +44 20 7496 3069
 Rick Thompson / Phil Davies

 Tavistock (Financial PR and IR)                             +44 20 7920 3150
 Simon Hudson / Heather Armstrong

 

About Directa Plus

Directa Plus (www.directa-plus.com) is one of the largest producers and
suppliers of graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial
markets. The Company's graphene manufacturing capability uses proprietary
patented technology based on a plasma super expansion process. Starting from
natural graphite, each step of Directa Plus' production process - expansion,
exfoliation and drying - creates graphene-based materials and hybrid graphene
materials ready for a variety of uses and available in various forms such as
powder, liquid and paste.

 

This proprietary production process uses a physical process, rather than a
chemical process, to process graphite into pristine graphene nanoplatelets,
which enables Directa Plus to offer a sustainable, non-toxic product, without
unwanted by-products. Directa Plus' products are made of hybrid graphene
materials and graphene nano-platelets. The products (marketed as G+®) have
multiple applications due to its properties. These G+® products can be
categorised into various families, with different products being suitable for
specific practical applications.

 

Directa Plus was established in 2005 and is based in Lomazzo (Como, Italy) and
has been listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since May 2016.
The Company holds the Green Economy Mark from London Stock Exchange which
recognises companies that contribute to the global green economy.

 

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