ARISTA prevails over Arcadia Biosciences in patent dispute
Arista Cereal Technologies Pty Ltd (ARISTA) is pleased to announce that it has successfully defended a patent in its portfolio covering a form of wheat having greatly elevated fiber levels. Arcadia Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ:RKDA) provoked a dispute in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in September 2017 against ARISTA's patent. On August 14, 2018, the Patent Trials and Appeals Board of the USPTO issued a decision finding that the patent application filed by Arcadia Biosciences to provoke the dispute did not describe the invention claimed in ARISTA's patent and issued a judgement against Arcadia Biosciences on priority of invention.
Cereal grains are an important source of fiber as well as other nutrients for a great number of people worldwide, but refined wheat is relatively low in its fiber content. ARISTA's technology greatly improves that through increasing the level of amylose starch in the grain. The wheat provides an enhanced level of resistant starch in a wide range of possible food products to improve gut health and metabolic health through increased fiber consumption, including through refined white flour products. Resistant starch has also been shown to decrease glycemic response to foods, a factor important in the prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes. The wheat has been produced through conventional plant breeding and selection processes and is a non-GM wheat.