Burcon NutraScience Corporation (Burcon) and its subsidiary are research and development companies engaged in developing plant protein extraction and purification technology in the field of functional, renewable plant proteins. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012), it developed a pea protein isolate that it has branded as PEAZAZZ. The Company and its subsidiary are developing CLARISOY, a soy protein isolate; Puratein and Supertein and Nutratein, three canola protein isolates, and PEAZAZZ, a pea protein isolate. Its products are focused at the protein ingredient market and are suited to health and wellness applications. The Company�s patent portfolio consists of 193 issued patents worldwide, including 34 issued United States patents, and in excess of 375 additional patent applications, 74 of which are United States patent applications. On June 18, 2012, it announced that Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) had begun commercial production of CLARISOY soy protein.