Nicoccino Holding AB (publ) announced that Intellectual Property Office of Singapore approved the company's own nicotine patent which is based on the previous platform patent that Nicoccino uses through licensing. The platform patent is so far approved in eleven countries and holds a protection until 2026. The new nicotine patent provides an enhanced protection until 2033.

The platform patent is so far approved in Sweden, US, China, Russia, Japan, Austria, New Zeeland, South Africa, Israel, South Korea and Canada. Nicoccino has submitted the application for nicotine patent in additional fifteen countries and in the EU.