Patent infringement proceedings filed in the Federal Court of Australia

Deb Group confirms that, through its subsidiary companies Deb Worldwide Healthcare Inc and Deb Australia Pty Ld, court proceedings alleging patent infringement were filed on Monday 18 April 2011 in the Federal Court of Australia against Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd.

The court documents allege infringement of Deb’s Australian patent number 2006222502 entitled ‘High alcohol content foaming compositions with silicone-based surfactants’ which was filed on 7 March 2006 and granted in Australia on 27th May 2010.

Background

Deb Group launched its first foamed alcohol hand sanitisers to North American markets in 2004 with commercial sector sales in Australia commencing in October 2006 and sales to Australian hospitals starting in January 2009, following completion of a rigorous Therapeutic Goods Administration (‘TGA’) product registration process. These products, now principally branded as Deb InstantFOAM and Cutan, produce luxurious foams of efficacious alcohol based sanitiser at low pressure and are increasingly displacing gel and rinse products as the sanitiser of choice amongst infection preventionists and healthcare professionals.

Deb Group has a number of granted and pending worldwide patents in relation to this technology.

For further information about Deb Group’s innovative approach to skincare, please refer to www.debgroup.com.