The good news is that the patent application was filed in US, China, EU, NZ.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/050949313/publication/WO2014094046A1?q=au2013362883
The patent has been granted in Australia.
That's the end of the good news.
The US patent application was rejected because the USPTO considers it is not inventive in light of a couple of earlier US patents.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/050949313/publication/US2015246338A1?q=au2013362883
A continuation application was filed in US last October, but will face the same objections as the first US application.Phoslock will ned to be able to point to an inventive difference between their invention and the cited document.
The application has not proceded to a granted patent in China, Eu, NZ.
The Chinese application was examined and a number of prior patents were cited against it.
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/050949313/publication/CN103880140A?q=au2013362883
A continuation application has been filed in China, similar to US.
Patents, recipes and the mysteries of China, page-2
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