Traco, INC Settle Patent Lawsuit

December 1, 2000

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Traco, INC Settle Patent Lawsuit

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.--Traco Labs, an SKW Bioactives Company based here, andInternational Nutrition Co. (INC), based in Vaduz (Liechtenstein) - Valbonne(France), have settled their '360 patent litigation. The suit involved ProfessorJack Masquelier's patent #4,698,360. While specific details of the resolutionwere not given, Traco will market Masquelier's Original OPCs, apatented antioxidant grapeseed ingredient. The ingredient will be providedthrough Integrated BioCeuticals (iBC), INC's North American distributor.

According to Harlee Sorkin, vice president of sales and marketing for Traco,the company will also be sponsoring three years of clinical work involving thepatented extract. To learn more about Traco, visit www.tracolabs.com, and to learn about INC, www.masquelier.com.

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