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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Sting Free AB’s award-winning nicotine pouch innovation receives patent approvals in the U.S. and Europe. Sting Free Technology makes snus and nicotine pouch products more accessible to adult consumers by eliminating the stinging sensation on the sensitive gum associated with their use. Patent approvals Sting Free AB is proud to announce that our US patent application has been approved by the United States Patent Office (USPAT). The European Patent Organization (EPO) has presently issued an intention to grant European patent. The company already holds the Swedish patent rights to this invention . The invention The patent covers a new and improved pouch technology wherein one side of the pouch is impermeable to liquids. Products that can utilize this technology include snus, moist snuff, tobacco-free nicotine pouches, CBD etc. This allows manufacturers of pouched oral nicotine products to easily create new products with vastly different characteristics than those currently on the market. Chief of these new attributes is that the impermeable side removes the stinging sensation on the users’ gums that is common to most of these products. In addition, the technology also allows manufacturers to enhance flavors, pH levels, strengths and nicotine release profiles of their pouch products. The Sting Free technology has already been successfully produced in a prototype series using unmodified industrial snus packaging machines. Awards The Sting Free innovation has received the Golden Leaf Award at the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum in New York City for the category “Most exciting newcomer to the industry”: “Snus is widely acknowledged to be significantly less harmful than smoking and thus presents considerable opportunity for tobacco harm reduction. However, the stinging sensation associated with snus acts as a deterrent to many would-be users.“