N-Viro and Warren, Ohio reach settlement

N-Viro International Corp. announced today that the lawsuit by N-Viro International Corp. against the City of Warren, Ohio, for patent infringement has been settled.

Oct. 27, 2000

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 25, 2000 (PRNewswire) — N-Viro International Corp. announced today that the lawsuit by N-Viro International Corp. against the City of Warren, Ohio, for patent infringement has been settled.

In the settlement, the city will pay the biosolids processing company a one-time fee and N-VIRO will agree to a covenant not to sue the city or its current "Nature's Blend" trademark licensee for any practices that involve the patents in suit.

J. Patrick Nicholson, CEO of N-VIRO stated: "Warren has done an excellent job of marketing the value of Advanced Alkaline pasteurized products. The N-VIRO network is the largest producer of such products in the world."

N-Viro International Corporation develops and licenses its technology to municipalities and private companies.

Its patented processes use lime and/or mineral-rich, combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize, immobilize and convert wastewater sludge and other bio-organic wastes into biomineral agricultural and soil-enrichment products with real market value.

More information about N-Viro International can be obtained by contacting the office on the Internet at www.nviro.com or by e-mail inquiry to [email protected].

SOURCE: N-Viro International Corporation