November 12th, 2008 - A New Patent is Granted to Oceatec Oceatec Inc., a leading provider in seafood processing solutions, is proud to announce that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has granted the corporation with a new technology patent. This patent, while increasing Oceatec’s intellectual property portfolio, demonstrate once again Oceatec’s expertise in seafood processing automation. The patent number CA 2,362,884 describes an innovative method for opening shells (tests) and extracting roes out of green sea urchins (strongylocentrotus drobachiensis). Oceatec has more patent pendings as Oceatec is adapting this innovative technology to other sea urchin species and secure its intellectual property.   October 12th, 2007 – Mr Pierre Patenaude, Oceatec president, gave a presentation at the 2nd Acadian Peninsula Food Processing Conference, in Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick, Canada. That conference was organised by the Atlantic Food & Beverage Processors Association. Mr Patenaude made a presentation on Equipment Automation where, amongst other topics, he presented major issues in innovation and future trends in technology.   May 4th, 2004 – Oceatec won the 6th local edition of the Concours québécois en entrepreneurship (Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest) for the Montmagny-L’Islet, Bellechase region in the Business Start-up – Technical and Technological Innovation category. A certificate of excellence was awarded to Mr Pierre Patenaude, Oceatec president, by Mr Luc Paris, Paper Aluminium Technologie de Moulage president and contest honorary president.