Ann: Revised Payment Arrangements with DIAsource Vendors, page-125

What is up with folk here? Are you the type that gets bored at a 30 second red traffic light and have to check your social media for updates - then hold up everyone else when the light goes green?

This was from last Quaterly Report (& it is only days until the next).

"Energy

The March quarter saw Anteo focus on further strengthening its in-house capabilities in half-coin battery fabrication with the objective of achieving robustness and reproducibility in our development activities sufficient to encourage partnering overtures from industry participants. Anteo is working to demonstrate in a systematic way, and according to industrial standards, the contributions of Anteo coatings to 1) providing a stronger coating on Si particles, 2) acting as an effective binder for electrode composites and 3) providing an improved conductive interface on the current collector, and how each of these combine to improve overall battery performance. These activities will enhance our engagement with battery suppliers and partners and allow us to access proprietary active electrode material for commercial feasibility studies.
On 29 March 2017, Anteo progressed to PCT stage Conductive Composites, a patent application describing methods to maintain good conductivity between different materials in situations where twisting, flexing and other distortions can lead to potential loss of conductivity. While this application is our second PCT patent focused on battery applications, it can also be considered to provide background intellectual property for other application areas such as conductive fibers.
Through sales of our Mix&Go kits and related products, there are already peer-reviewed publications which Anteo’s binders and coatings are used on carbon nanotubes (Biosensors and Bioelectronics 74, 24–29) or graphene (Sensors and Actuators B 223, 89–94). These publications describe the enhanced specific signals generated in electrochemical immunoassays. It is already known that Anteo’s binders and coatings allow not only good protein binding but also good conductivity on novel materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene. Such materials are of interest in the development of new PoC immunoassay platforms but they also have relevance in other industrial applications such as energy storage. When Anteo undertakes research activities to demonstrate a capability in one segment, such as Energy and Batteries, we always consider the implications these findings may have in our other areas of activity or, indeed, markets in which we are not currently active. Our recent patent activity, that was initially targeting Energy and Battery applications has now been shown to have implications for Medical Devices, PoC and Life Sciences products.
On 13 March 2017, Anteo presented a technical seminar, in conjunction with Merck, at the China Association of Clinical Laboratory Practice Expo (CACLP) in China. Th is conference is the largest for the Chinese IVD industry, and represents over 90% of the local Chinese IVD manufacturers. In total, more than 600 companies exhibited. The technical presentation by Anteo attracted significant interest with more than 200 people attending. New and existing Chinese IVD companies are actively searching for new technologies that will help them fast track assay product development. Product orders and inquiries from major Chinese IVD companies after the CACLP conference have been highly encouraging and revealed a significant opportunity for Anteo’s nanotechnology in China."