Exclusive LifeVantage Patents

Protandim is protected by four patents. Its patents protect the product from patent infringement-another party duplicating its formula and then creating and marketing an identical product. Every time a new patent is issued, Protandim, The Nrf2 Synergizer, is protected for an extended and additional period of time.

1st Patent
Patent No. 7,241,461 was granted July 10, 2007. "Compositions And Methods For Alleviating Inflammation And Oxidative Stress In A Mammal." This is a composition patent.

2nd Patent
Patent No. 7,384,655 was granted June 10, 2008. "The Preparation Of Compositions And Methods To Alleviate Inflammation And Oxidative Stress In A Mammal." This patent is a continuation of the first patent.

3rd Patent
Patent No. 7,579,026 was granted Aug. 25, 2009. "Compositions And Methods For Enhancing Antioxidant Enzyme Activity And Reducing C-Reactive Protein Levels." This patent is a divisional patent because it addresses method rather than composition.

4th Patent
Patent No. 7,923,045 was granted on April 12, 2011. "Compositions And Methods For Alleviating Inflammation And Oxidative Stress In A Mammal." This patent is a continuation of the first patent.

About U.S. Patents
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be available. Since the rights granted by a U.S. patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States and have no effect in a foreign country; an inventor who wishes patent protection in other countries must apply for a patent in each of the other countries or in regional patent offices. Almost every country has its own patent law, and a person desiring a patent in a particular country must make an application for patent in that country, in accordance with the requirements of that country.

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The Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to enact laws relating to patents. In Article I, section 8, it reads "Congress shall have power . . . to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." Under this power Congress has from time to time enacted various laws relating to patents. The first patent law was enacted in 1790.