Patents & Intellectual Property

Cool Energy has taken the appropriate measures to ensure the company's intellectual property is satisfactorily protected.

A basic overview of the patents and intellectual property registered by Cool Energy includes the following:

• Base cryogenic CO₂ removal technology, patented by Core Laboratories Pty Ltd and Curtin University of Technology, was assigned to Cool Energy in February 2005.
• Shell's involvement in technology development at Curtin University resulted in a patent application filed by Shell in 2004. This was licensed to Cool Energy on a royalty free basis in June 2005.
• Cool Energy filed new patents in September 2005 and February 2007 covering the unique parts of its process, identified during the testing program.
• In June 2009, Cool Energy filed a further 2 patent applications.
• In August 2009, Cool Energy filed its 5th patent application.
• Cool Energy has 5 Trademarks - Cool Energy^®, CryoCell^®, CryoFlash^®, CryoZorb^®, and CryoFrac^™.