HOUSTON, TX / ACCESSWIRE / January 31, 2023 / Viking Energy Group, Inc. (OTCQB:VKIN) ("Viking" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its majority-owned subsidiary, Viking Ozone Technology, LLC ("Viking Ozone"), received today U. S. Utility Patent No. 11,565,289 from the United States Patent & Trademark Office ("USPTO") titled "Multi-Chamber Medical Waste Ozone-Based Treatment Systems and Methods". A related international application is pending, and selected countries will be designated for national phase coverage in the near future. It is anticipated that the allowance of this United States patent application may lead to additional related patents in other countries.
This utility patent relates to Viking Ozone's proprietary methods and devices utilizing Ozone-based treatments. Viking is expected to use this technology within waste treatment and disposal systems including, including systems used in hospitals, prisons, laboratories, military bases and care centers.
According to the World Health Organization, the management of health-care waste requires increased attention and diligence to avoid adverse health outcomes, and key elements in improving health-care waste management include favoring the safe and environmentally sound treatment of waste, and selecting safe and environmentally-friendly management treatment and disposal options.1
About Viking:
Based in Houston, Texas, Viking Energy Group, Inc. is a growth-oriented diversified energy company. Through various majority-owned subsidiaries, Viking provides custom energy & power solutions to commercial and industrial clients in North America. The company also holds an exclusive license in Canada to a patented carbon-capture system, and owns a majority interest in entities with intellectual property rights to a fully developed, patent pending, ready-for-market proprietary: (i) Medical & Bio-Hazard Waste Treatment system using Ozone Technology; and (ii) Open Conductor Detection systems. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.vikingenergygroup.com.
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1 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/health-care-waste
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