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Grant of Italian Filtration Patent
Grant of Italian Filtration Patent.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n 22 June\n 2022\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Directa Plus plc\n \n \n \n (\"Directa Plus\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Grant of Italian Patent for Filtration Applications\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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 been granted an Italian patent covering the use of the Company's G+® pristine graphene nanoplatelets applied to\n textile substrates for high bacterial filtration efficiency media for filtration applications\n . The priority date for the patent is 25 May 2020.\n \n \n \n \n \n G+® applied to textile substrates provides proven antibacterial and antiviral (including anti-SARS-CoV-2) performance. The target filtration market applications cover both medical and industrial use. Directa Plus started work on air filtration in 2020 with a signature project that successfully supplied face masks with anti-SARS-CoV-2 protection. This work led quickly into exploring industrial filtration applications starting with the automotive and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) markets. Directa Plus, as already announced, has partnered with a leading worldwide supplier of non-woven textile materials to develop a suite of new products for automotive and industrial applications based on the antimicrobial properties (antibacterial and antiviral), thermal comfort and electrical conductivity properties of G+® enhanced fabrics.\n \n \n Following the grant of the patent, Directa Plus's IP portfolio comprises 20 patent families with 73 patents granted and 28 patents pending.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Commenting, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of Directa Plus, said:\n \n \"The grant of a patent for a new market vertical demonstrates the speed with which we can enter existing high potential markets to supply innovative new products. The international filtration markets are large and we believe that there will be significant demand for proven antimicrobial products which we aim to launch quickly with our industrial partners.\"\n \n \n \n \n \n For further information please visit\n \n \n http://www.directa-plus.com/\n \n \n or contact:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Directa Plus plc\n \n \...