First China-based sucralose manufacturer confirms US ITC target date extension in patent infringement investigation


Dated: 13 June 2008

Guangdong Food Industry Institute (GDFII/L&P Food), a leading manufacturer of sucralose, announces that Administrative Law Judge Charles E. Bullock of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has extended the target date for the ITC’s final decision to January 12, 2009 on Tate & Lyle’s Section 337 complaint (docket# 337-TA-604).

The complaint alleges infringement of process patents relating to the production of sucralose and certain intermediate compounds.

The company says the extension is due to the ITC’s heavy workload.

Says Wang Sanyong, a corporate officer of GDFII/L&P Food: “We have presented the facts to the ITC as fully and completely as possible.”

“One of the patents asserted by T&L was dropped before the hearing and after an inspection of our facility; T&L’s expert acknowledged that GDFII/L&P Food’s current process, as inspected, does not infringe two of the other patents; and a fourth patent expires in July 2009, only a few months after the new target date for the ITC’s final decision.”

Guangdong Food Industry Institute/L&P Food Ingredient Co. Ltd. (GDFII/L&P) is a specialty ingredients manufacturer that pioneered the development and manufacturing of sucralose in China. GDFII/L&P also engages in the production of many new and innovative nutraceutical and health food ingredients, including: polyphenols, functional food/dietary fibers and other natural and plant derived ingredients.

GDFII/L&P, headquartered in Guangdong Province, China with an alliance with Ingredient Specialties, Inc., provides a global distribution network that markets Züeit brand sucralose to the food, beverage, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries as a high intensity, non-caloric sweetener.

Züeit is a registered trademark of Ingredient Specialties, Inc. Exeter, CA, USA.

 
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