news releases

December 15, 2009 — Burcon is pleased to announce today that it has received notices of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for two separate patent applications.

December 1, 2009 — Burcon is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell to its board of directors.

November 3, 2009 — Burcon announced today the publication of a peerreviewed manuscript describing a toxicology study of Supertein™ canola protein isolate.

October 15, 2009 — Burcon is pleased to announce today that it has received notices of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for three separate patent applications.

September 29, 2009 — Burcon is pleased to announce today that it has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent application covering the composition of the dominant species of protein in Burcon’s Puratein® canola protein isolate.

September 22, 2009 — Burcon is pleased to report on the latest developments with respect to the commercialization of its innovative technologies and in particular, CLARISOY™ soy protein isolate.

September 4, 2009 — Burcon is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Lawrence Wang to its board of directors.

August 26, 2009 — Burcon is pleased to announce today that it has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent application concerning important processing conditions for producing Supertein™ canola protein isolate.

August 20, 2009 — Burcon announced today the acceptance for publication of a peer-reviewed manuscript describing a toxicology study of Puratein® canola protein isolate.

August 6, 2009 — Burcon announced today that it has engaged Mr. Sven Olsson of Goeppingen, Germany, to perform investor relations services by assisting Burcon with communicating its corporate message to financial markets in Europe.