Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. announced the receipt of newly issued patents in Mexico, Australia and Japan, and updated investors on the extent of its global intellectual property portfolio. Bio-Path has expanded its intellectual property portfolio by filing patent applications that are applicable to its technology and business strategy. Bio-Path?s patent portfolio currently includes five issued patents in the U.S. and 54 issued patents in foreign jurisdictions, providing protection in 21 countries.

Bio-Path?s composition of matter patents are intended to protect encroachment from third parties on its proprietary products. This technology is solely owned by Bio-Path. These composition patents, including composition and methods of use patents covering the DNAbilize technology, should allow the Company to apply its core technology to new protein targets and receive an additional 20-years of patent exclusivity.

On this basis, Bio-Path has one additional patent application allowed in the U.S. and five additional patent applications allowed in foreign jurisdictions, for a total of six additional patent grants expected this year. Further, the Company has five pending patent applications in the U.S. and 46 pending patent applications in key foreign jurisdictions across six families of applications, for a total of 51 pending applications.