Microbot Medical Inc. announced the expansion of its global IP portfolio by receiving a Grant of Protection from the Japan Patent Office for a Design Patent covering the innovative industrial design of the robotic drive of the LIBERTY Robotic Surgical System. Microbot's IP portfolio for LIBERTY and its related technologies includes 19 patents issued/allowed and 41 applications pending. This Design Patent complements previously received protection in Japan covering the unique design of the LIBERTY Robosis System remote controller.

Similar Design Patents were granted in the U.S., Europe, and Israel.