Title:Patent approval by US Patent and Trademark Office

Legal basis:Article 17(1) MAR - inside information

Content of the Report:The Management Board of XTPL ("Issuer","Company", "XTPL") hereby reports that on July 26th, 2023 it receivedinformation about the approval of a patent by the United States Patentand Trademark Office. The patent was granted in response to the patentapplication "Method of estimating a line width of a nanoparticle lineformed using a capillary tube, and related methods".

The application procedure for this patent was initiated on June 8th,2020. This is also the date when patent protection started for theinvention.The final formal requirement for obtaining the patent isto pay the patent fee by October 17th, 2023. Should the requirement notbe met, the Company will communicate this in a separate current report.

The Company's portfolio currently includes 26 patent applications and atotal of 8 patents granted.

The patent protection will increase the value of the potentialcommercialization of the Company's technology with respect to theIssuer's technological solutions for the next generation electronicsmarket. The reported event confirms continued delivery of the Company'sstrategy of building a patent cloud for its proprietary technology andproducts, which will contribute to building the Issuer's credibilityamong potential industrial clients.

In view of the above, and considering the confirmation of uniqueness ofthe Company's technological solutions, and then the outlook for theIssuer's perception by investors, the Issuer's Management Board hasdecided that the conditional decision to grant the patent to the Companyshould be deemed inside information. For this reason, in the opinion ofthe Management Board, the information meets the criteria set out inArticle 7(1) of the MAR.