Saint Jean Carbon Brings Brad Little on Board
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov 18, 2015) - Saint Jean Carbon Inc. ("Saint Jean" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SJL), a carbon sciences company engaged in the development of natural graphite properties and related carbon products, is pleased to announce that Brad Little will be joining the Saint Jean Carbon technical advisory board as Director of Intellectual Property and be responsible for all patent management, filing requirements and design engineering.
Brad Little is a Professional Engineer with a degree in Systems Design Engineering and over 30 years of work experience, most of which has been spent in the patenting profession, filing more than 500 patent applications. Brad spent a number of years as part of two patent firms before embarking on a consulting career that combined his experience in patenting with his degree in design engineering. His engineering and patenting background in various technical areas such as mechanics, electronics, computers, software, manufacturing and so on, allows him to readily deal with any technical area in terms of patenting, evolving Brad as an inventor. This unique background combines design engineering, patenting and inventing, and permits a unique all-encompassing approach to patenting and inventing.
Paul Ogilvie, CEO, commented: "Brad's talents will be a tremendous boost for the Company, as we need absolute assurance that we are protecting our intellectual property and that our design and engineering work is the best it possibly can be. In today's competitive world, we need whatever edge we can get to help build shareholder value."
The concentration around the design engineering work for the patents has focused on the needs for real world applications (see press release dated, Nov 16th, 2015) for both diamagnetic and ferromagnetic products. Being able to produce enough product in the future will be part two of the project, where there will be a need for mass production. Our design approach is that each application must be understood and engineered separately. There is no one size fits all. For the next phase of work we have put considerable effort and attention into protecting the graphene's highly organized carbon structure from damage. Many systems today damage the very core of what they are trying to create - the graphene. With the ability to produce large quantities without a reduction in ferromagnetic or diamagnetic qualities is goal number one.
Materials that contain unpaired electrons spinning in the opposite direction, such as graphite, are called diamagnetic materials. Unlike conventional carbon-based materials, e.g. graphite, the Saint Jean Carbon's developed graphene products are one-atom-thick two-dimensional nanostructures, show observed ferromagnetic properties at room temperature. Normally, ferromagnetism can be observed in metal (iron)-based materials. The ferromagnetic graphene could stem from the long-range coupling of spins in graphene sheet. The intrinsic ferromagnetism of graphene combining with its unique semiconductor and mechanic properties will expand the applications of graphene into semiconductor industry, spintronics, and super-sensitive medical and environmental detectors.
About Saint Jean
Saint Jean is a publicly traded carbon sciences company, with interest in graphite mining claims on five 100% Company-owned properties located in the province of Quebec in Canada. The five properties include the Walker property, a past producing mine, the Wallingford property, the St. Jovite property, East Miller and Clot property. For information on Saint Jean's other properties and the latest news please go to the website: www.saintjeancarbon.com
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Saint Jean Carbon Inc.
Paul Ogilvie, CEO and Director
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