Dear all

happy new year to all of you!

please see attached a draft for some updated overview on patents on barley. It is supposed to become part of our annual report (which will explain other patents and patent applications as well). I also will add some further references (footnotes).

Since these specific cases might be interesting for our allies from the breweries, it might be a good idea to discuss them beforehand and to take decisons how to communicate the best way. Thanks to Ruth for helping me to sort out the state of legal procedures.

I found a third company being quite active in the filed, Sapporo brewery from Japan. However, it looks like these patent applications were withdrawn.

please, at this stage, use this draft internally only.

cheers

Christoph