JK Sucralose Inc. Voluntarily Intervened and Won the ITC Case
Against Tate & Lyle’s Asserted Patents
Jiangsu, China, April 7th , 2009 - JK Sucralose Inc. (JK), the second largest sucralose manufacturer in the world made the following statement concerning the International Trade Commission investigation “In the Matter of Certain Sucralose, Sweeteners Containing Sucralose, and Components Thereof”:
On April 6th, 2009, after one and half years’ in depth investigation, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued its final determination indicated that JK Sucralose Inc. and its JK Sweet Sucralose does not infringe Tate & Lyle’s asserted patents.
May 23rd, 2006: Tate & Lyle filed a complaint in Illinois Federal District Court against a Chinese sucralose manufacturer and other Chinese and American companies that import and export sucralose into the United States.
March 2nd, 2007: Tate & Lyle was forced to dismiss the above court case filed in Illinois
March 5th, 2007: Tate & Lyle filed a new complaint in Illinois Federal District Court against 3 Chinese sucralose manufacturer (NOT INCLUDED JK Sucralose Inc.) and more than 30 Chinese and American sucralose distribution companies.
April 6th, 2007: Tate & Lyle filed a compliant at the US International Trade Commission against 3 Chinese sucralose manufacturer (NOT INCLUDED JK Sucralose Inc.) and more than 30 Chinese and American sucralose distribution companies. (The Illinois court case was put to hold due to the ITC case)
August 15th, 2007: JK Sucralose Inc. VOLUNTARILY and SUCCESSFULLY intervened the ITC case to challenge Tate & Lyle’s all five processing patents.
Sep. 23rd, 2008: ITC Judge issued his initial determination indicated that JK Sucralose Inc. does not infringe Tate & Lyle’s asserted patents.
April 6th, 2009: ITC committee issued its final determination indicated that JK Sucralose Inc. does not infringe Tate & Lyle’s asserted patents
Near Future: The Illinois district court case will soon be re-initiated as soon as the ITC case is completed.
Alex An, the CEO of JK Sucralose Inc. announced, “We are extremely pleased with the ITC final determination. We have been paying great efforts in the technology innovation and the improvements of our production process. We also heavily invest in our own intellectual properties. JK Sucralose Inc. filed SEVEN sucralose processing patents in the United States and China. We will defend and protect our own Intellectual Property Rights and our global market share on sucralose through legal action and extensive investment on the technology innovations. JK has a clear mission of bringing people the SWEET SOLUTION OF A HEALTHY LIFE.”
Our manufacturing plant is designed for the capacity of 800 MT and is already approved by Chinese government. We will be able to support the increasing market demand of our JK SweetTM Sucralose in Food and Pharmaceutical industries globally. Our large Sucralose inventory in China, USA and Europe will greatly support our global customers’ daily business. JK has invested a state of the art, high sophisticated cGMP facility. It is our commitment to our customers to supply the best and consistent quality sucralose with our best services.
JK Sucralose Inc.’s facilities are GMP, HACCP and ISO 9001:2001 certified and has passed more than three third-party GMP auditing in year 2008. Our sucralose is KOSHER and HALAL certified and strictly meets the FCC V, USP 30, European and Japanese specifications.
JK Sucralose Inc. is located in the Economical Developing Area of Yangcheng, Jiangsu Province which covers 135,000 square meters. It is about 3-4 hours away from Shanghai by driving. JK Sucralose Inc. is the largest sucralose manufacturer in China and focus on sucralose business. We have sales offices and customer service in China, USA and Europe.
JK Sucralose Inc is the first sucralose manufacturer which invested by a public company and has the largest capacity approved by Chinese government; JK Sucralose Inc is the first company that voluntarily joined the American ITC Interllectual Property Right investigation and is affirmed that our product is not infringement; JK Sucralose Inc is the first company equipped with 300 ton GMP facility. JK Sucralose Inc. is the first company that pass Chinese Commodity Bureau and have registed; JK Sucralose Inc is the major company who involved in the preparation of the Chinese Sucralose standards.
JK Sucralose Inc. has applied 7 processing patents in China and 4 processing patents internationally. JK Sucralose Inc. always and will continuously to ensure the high quality and consistency of our sucralose. Our manufacture facilities are ISO 9001:2000 ISO14001 ISO 18000 and HACCP certified and operate according to the Good manufacturer Procedure (GMP). Our sucralose is KOSHER and HALAL certified. Our sucralose strictly meets the FCC V, USP and E955 standards. Our sucralose. JK Sucralose Inc. is one of the largest Sucralose suppliers in the world. Majority of our sucralose has been exported to the United States and Europe to be used in the Food and pharmaceutical industries.
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