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HELIO APPOINTS INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIR FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY
HELIO APPOINTS INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIR FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n HELIO APPOINTS INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIR FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nHELIO APPOINTS INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIR FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBerkeley, California, Jan. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Helio Corporation (OTC: HLEO) (“Helio” or the “Company”) today announced the appointment of Vikas “Vik” Parti to its Board of Directors as an independent director and Chairman of Intellectual Property. Mr. Parti is a Registered Patent Attorney with extensive experience in patent preparation, prosecution, and litigation-ready claim analysis before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where he has been registered to practice since 2009. He holds a Juris Doctor from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Webster University. As commercial activity in space accelerates and launch costs continue to decline, Helio sees the industry entering a pivotal phase — a race for intellectual property that will shape the leaders of the emerging space economy. Since its founding in 2018, Helio has acted as the “problem solvers to the space industry,” building an extensive library of proprietary systems and advanced engineering across space-based energy, satellite systems, and antenna technologies. The Company is now proactively securing new patents while retroactively protecting its existing trade secrets, ensuring its technical innovations remain secure and positioned to drive long-term competitive advantage and shareholder value. In his new role, Mr. Parti will help Helio operationalize an intellectual property strategy that captures engineering breakthroughs as they occur, building a robust patent portfolio aligned with the Company’s technical roadmap. Helio is also focused on capitalizing on the substantial R&D investment it has already made by systematically translating core technical progress into protectable IP assets that support long-term partnerships and commercialization. To this end, the Company is developing an IP roadmap that runs in parallel with its product roadmap, ensuring that its patent estate grows in lockstep with engineering milestones and platform evolution. This approach strengthens differentiation, supports freedom to operate, an...