 LAS VEGAS and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 05, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- TAATTM GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES INC. CSE: TAAT OTCQX: TOBAF FRANKFURT: 2TP2 the Company or TAATTM is pleased to announce that its patent filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO for the technique which causes Beyond TobaccoTM to taste and smell similarly to tobacco has been advanced to nonprovisional status, with the assignment of a patent examiner currently pending. In a press release dated September 4, 2020 , the Company announced that it had filed for patent protection of this refinement technique, which characterizes both TAATTM and its Beyond TobaccoTM base material. TAATTM was launched at retail in Ohio in Q4 2020, and was made available to the majority of smokers aged 21 in the United States through e-commerce in February 2021. Sentiments from users of TAATTM have largely reflected satisfaction with the products experiential similarity to that of smoking a tobacco cigarette, despite no tobacco or nicotine content whatsoever in TAATTM. 