Three Sixty Solar Ltd. announced that the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has completed their preliminary review of the Company's patent application and declared the key claims pass the tests for patentability: being novel, inventive, and having industrial applicability. Three Sixty Solar has received notification from ARIPO that the organization has completed their initial review of the Company's patent application. According to their review, the four primary claims that differentiate Three Sixty Solar's technology all pass the three tests for patentability; the claims are novel, inventive, and have industrial applicability.

These three patentability tests are the same ones considered by all the jurisdictions where Three Sixty has filed for patent protection and each jurisdiction is required to perform similar global searches for prior art. The Company is encouraged that the US PTO and other patent offices will reach the same positive conclusion as ARIPO regarding patentability of the primary claims.