{"id":13104,"date":"2020-12-01T17:09:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T07:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/?p=13104"},"modified":"2021-03-17T21:24:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:24:48","slug":"greenzone-defends-patent-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/professional-pest-manager-magazine\/greenzone-defends-patent-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"GREENZONE DEFENDS PATENT CHALLENGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The team at Greenzone has successfully defended an IP claim, securing a patent for its innovative termite barrier product.<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr-thick\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The innovative nature of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenzonebarrier.com\/\">Greenzone Termite and Insect Barrier<\/a> technology was recently recognised by IP Australia, despite the validity of the Australian patent application being challenged by a third party.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge from an Australian-based competitor attempted to argue against the innovative process involved in the research and development of Greenzone\u2019s combined termite repellent and compressible foam product \u2013 the subject of the Australian patent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe grant of the patent serves as\u00a0a testament to the strength of our research and product development program, and underlines our ability to innovate where our competitors cannot,\u201d said <strong>Paul Commerford,<\/strong> director of Greenzone. \u201cIt also indicates the willingness from the group of owners to firmly defend the validity of their patent applications, despite the costs and burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe patent is part of our broader IP strategy and protects our products and supports the continued delivery of cutting-edge technology to our customers. The depth of our industry experience on the front line of the construction industry has always been critical to the inventive process of this product and we are continuing to use our expertise to expand our product offerings and relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With patent protection in place beyond Australia, Greenzone is looking at exploring all options with distributors and partners in a range of Asian and European countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team at Greenzone has successfully defended an IP claim, securing a patent for its innovative termite barrier product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"The team at Greenzone has successfully defended an IP claim, securing a patent for its innovative termite barrier product.","_seopress_robots_index":"yes","_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"company":[138],"pest":[150],"pesticide":[172,170],"product-service":[187,186],"class_list":["post-13104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-professional-pest-manager-magazine","company-greenzone","pest-termites","pesticide-non-repellents","pesticide-pyrethroids","product-service-physical-barriers","product-service-pre-construction","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13104"},{"taxonomy":"company","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/company?post=13104"},{"taxonomy":"pest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pest?post=13104"},{"taxonomy":"pesticide","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pesticide?post=13104"},{"taxonomy":"product-service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-service?post=13104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}