Company Expands Intellectual Property Coverage In Mexico

SPARKS, Nev., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SulphCo®, Inc. (Amex: SUF - News) today announced notice of its third patent now granted in Mexico.
In a previous announcement the Company stated that it had been granted the Patent titled "Ultrasound-Assisted Desulfurization of Fossil Fuels in the Presence of Dialkyl Ethers" along with its first patent in Mexico titled, "Continuous Process for Oxidative Desulfurization of Fossil Fuels with Ultrasound and Products Thereof."

The third patent granted is Patent Number 242552 "Corrosion resistant Ultrasonic Horn".

Additionally, SulphCo has recently received notice of another application accepted but not yet granted titled "Oxidative Desulfurization of Fossil Fuels with Ultrasound".

The company currently has three additional pending patents in Mexico.

"Mexico, with its expanding daily heavy crude oil production, has become a strategic target for our technology and the granting of these patents for our Sonocracking(TM) Technology further establishes our progress in this market," said Dr. Rudolf W. Gunnerman, Chairman and CEO of SulphCo®.

SulphCo® currently has 5 issued patents on its proprietary Sonocracking(TM) Technology in the United States and a further six pending patents. The company also has numerous overseas patents and pending patents in major oil producing or consuming countries.

SulphCo® Inc. works exclusively with its patent counsel Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP on issues relating to the company's intellectual property.