[10] He subsequently moved into medical patents, a field his father Richard Fuisz had worked in for a number of years.
The rebranding came at a time when the company filed a number of patents that successfully allow highly sensitive proteins to be taken orally.
[24] Joseph Fuisz's next major advancement in tobacco came in September 2013, when he patented a delivery mechanism that used a coating.
The coating, allowed for an increase in the local pH within the body, which led to maximised nicotine absorption.
[25] In 2014, Joseph Fuisz and a blood-testing patent he filed were involved in a dispute with another medical research company.
The litigation story between Fuisz and Theranos and David Boies is discussed at length in the book Bad Blood by John Carreyrou.
[29] Fuisz discussed this litigation with various media outlets, including ABC’s podcast series, The Drop Out.
[34] Joseph Fuisz recently announced the issuance of patents related to heat not burn tobacco compositions.
[35] Mr. Fuisz received two patents relating to heat-not-burn heating systems in August, 2021[permanent dead link].