The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an Issue of Notification of granting the company’s patent application for a method with the medical device, which is one of the components in the product candidate SC0806.

The notification states that the US patent will be granted and enters into force on February 20, 2018.

The patent will provide important protection for methods of treatment of patients with Complete Spinal Cord Injury. The patent protection is in line with the company’s strategy to protect important products through patents. A corresponding patent has previously been granted in China and recently in Australia.