Altech lodges new provisional patent application for high purity alumina technology

Altech Chemicals Limited has lodged a new provisional patent application with the Australian Patent Office (IP Australia). This incorporates the finished product high purity alumina technology developed by it for its HPA project.

The new patent application incorporates various refinements made to Altech’s HPA processing route during project due diligence. Patent application also incorporates the company’s latest invention, the flexible finished product line that is capable of producing HPA product for both the synthetic sapphire industry and the lithium-ion battery industry.

"Altech is pleased to report that as part of project due diligence initiated by KfW IPEX-Bank, a global freedom to operate search was conducted to confirm that the company will be free to produce, market, sell or otherwise distribute HPA manufactured by its unique process,” according to company press release.

“The search was conducted across a database covering over 100 patent authorities containing over 60 million patent records. It involved identifying all patents or patent applications in the field of alumina preparation and all patents and patent applications covered by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.”

Last week, Altech Chemicals Limited announced the approval of a manufacturing license from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) for its 4,500 tonnes high purity alumina (HPA) plant.