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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 9, 2018

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (512)-329-2643

 

 

          

 

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Item 8.01                      Other Events.

As reported previously, BioSig Technologies, Inc. (“BioSig” or the “Company”) recently retained Sherpa Technology Group, an intellectual property strategy firm based in Silicon Valley, and Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C., a patent firm based in Washington DC, to help develop and execute a strategy for the development of BioSig’s patent portfolio.  As a result of that collaboration, on May 9, 2018 BioSig filed one “omnibus” hardware and software patent application with multiple claim sets, and a multiple feature-set graphical user interface (“GUI”) design patent, with detailed technical descriptions across multiple BioSig elements of novelty.  BioSig plans to expand the patent filings into a robust patent family with multiple domestic and international patents to obtain broad utility claims that cover apparatus, methods and systems in EP and general signal processing areas, and display patents for its key GUI innovations.  BioSig may choose to accelerate the patent prosecution process for key claim sets, e.g., by utilizing the United States Patent and Trademark Office acceleration programs (Track One) to shorten the time to grant domestically, and the Patent Cooperation Treaty and Patent Prosecution Highway to streamline and accelerate foreign filings as applicable.

Forward-looking Statements

This report contains “forward-looking statements.” Such statements may be preceded by the words “intends,” “may,” “will,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “estimates,” “aims,” “believes,” “hopes,” “potential” or similar words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, are based on certain assumptions and are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, and cannot be predicted or quantified and consequently, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with (i) the Company’s inability to manufacture its product candidates on a commercial scale on its own, or in collaboration with third parties; (ii) difficulties in obtaining financing on commercially reasonable terms; (iii) changes in the size and nature of the Company’s competition; (iv) loss of one or more key executives or scientists; and (v) difficulties in securing regulatory approval to market the Company’s product candidates. More detailed information about the Company and the risk factors that may affect the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Investors and security holders are urged to read these documents free of charge on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

BIOSIG TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Date: May 10, 2018                                               By:  /s/ Kenneth L. Londoner                

Name: Kenneth L. Londoner 

Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer