The Patent Application affords PET significant IP protection...

The Patent Application affords PET significant IP protection with full rights backdated to March 2013 (unless the patent is not ultimately granted in a jurisdiction). The March 2013 patent would expire in March 2033.
"PET Phoslock Patent (pending) 2013 to March 2033 - granted in Australia

Phoslock International TradeMark - Registered in 20 countries including China to 2026

The significance of this imo has not been fully realised. Of course the strength and quality of any patent only gets realised once it comes under pressure or is attacked. The expected demand for our product will no mdoubt see some copy cat attempts but I believe this will be as tight as............

so far so good and this affords us significant protection