Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. Announces Approval Of New Canadian Patent

Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. announced that it was notified that its Canadian patent application 2503166 entitled Low Oxygen Biologically Mediated Nutrient Removal has been approved. The patent application was made on April 18, 2005; upon publication and issuance, the patent will be officially granted and will remain in force until April 18, 2024. The new patent provides protection of the core Bion process's ability to convert and remove both nitrogen and phosphorous from the effluent stream. The patent describes the removal of both nitrogen and phosphorus similar to the United States patents in hand.