alpha-Encorp announces historic milestone achievement

YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- alpha-En Corp announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application No. 15/160,013. The patent provides intellectual property protection in the United States for alpha-En's lithium metal having a purity of greater than 99.96 weight percent on a metals basis, free of metal impurities. The allowed patent claims cover high purity lithium having a nanorod morphology, and a wide range of associated products such as lithium batteries, battery-powered devices, sensors, electric vehicles, implantable medical devices, pharmaceutical compounds, and lithium metal compounds and alloys.

Chairman  and CEO Sam Pitroda commented: "Today is a great day for our company. With much pride and after over three years of patiently working with our patent attorney K&L Gates we finally can announce reaching an all important milestone in the history of our company. This patent represents the cornerstone of our intellectual property and we are continually building additional patents around it to further strengthen our portfolio . As batteries continue to evolve and become increasingly important in the movement away from fossil fuels towards e-mobility we believe that the purity and controlled nanorod morphology of our lithium  metal matters and in fact will be a critical enabler and accelerator of that paradigm shift. Our company is well positioned to be at the center of the energy storage revolution that is taking place right now. We congratulate our entire team for its perseverance and thank our shareholders for their continued support."

About alpha-Encorp

alpha-En Corporation (OTC: ALPE) is an innovative clean technology company focused on enabling next generation battery technologies by developing and bringing to market high purity lithium metal and associated products produced in a cost effective and environmentally sustainable manner. For more information, please visit

http://alpha- encorp.com

Corporate Contact:
Tom Suppanz, Managing Director Finance tsuppanz@alpha-encorp.com

(914)417-4996

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