Fuzzy Panda Research is Short XXII since we discovered that the most important patents in XXII’s patent portfolio have now expired. XXII’s Key QPT patents behind the tobacco used in their MRTP & PMTA applications expired in 2018. QPT expired patents are the essential patents behind the Vector 21-41 tobacco strain. Patent Expiration explains why BAT was not willing to pay $3 million to have an exclusive license. Big Tobacco companies already have a plethora of low-nicotine tobacco patents and can adhere to FDA low-nicotine standards and now they can produce a similar plant to XXII’s Vector 21-41 tobacco strain. Lawsuit accusing XXII, CEO Henry Sicignano, and Trey Prevost (a felon) of stealing and copying the intellectual property of Global Tobacco LLC.