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American Standard Receives
Patents for Humanity Award
Plumbing Manufacturer Recognized by United States
Patent and Trademark Office for Innovative Sanitation Solution
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (April 20, 2015) ― American
Standard has been honored with a Patents for
Humanity award from the U.S. Commerce
Department’s United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) for inventing the hygienic SaTo toilet
pan technology.

Launched in 2012, the Patents for Humanity program
recognizes individual and organizational patent
holders who have developed innovative andsustainable solutions that address global
humanitarian challenges.

American Standard invented the SaTo (derived fromSafe Toilet) sanitary toilet pan in 2013 to help
reduce disease transmission and improve sanitation
facilities and quality of life in Bangladesh.
- more -The SaTo hygienic toilet pan,invented by American Standard, wasrecognized with a 2014 Patents for
Humanity award from the UnitedStates Patent and Trademark Office
for improving sanitation conditions indeveloping countries.

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2-2-2“American Standard is truly honored to receive the prestigious Patents for Humanity
award for our life-saving SaTo toilet pan,” said Steve Delarge, acting CEO of American
Standard. “Our team was driven to develop the SaTo pan by the staggering statistics
that 2.5 billion people in the world lack access to adequate sanitation facilities and every
day 2,000 children die from diseases caused by this lack of proper sanitation.”

The SaTo toilet pan uses ingeniously
simple mechanical and water seals
with a trap-door mechanism to close
off pit latrines from the open air,
thereby preventing flying insects fromspreading pathogens from contact withhuman waste. The Company’sengineering team that designed theDr. Jim McHale of American Standard conducted fieldresearch with residents of Bangladesh to ensure that
local bathroom practices were considered whendeveloping the Company’s sanitation solution,
resulting in the design of the innovative, yet simple,
SaTo latrine pan.

SaTo pan consisted of Jim McHale,Ph.D., Daigo Ishiyama, and Greg
Gatarz.

American Standard also launched theFlush for Good campaign in 2013, withthe goal of increasing awareness of theglobal sanitation crisis and improving thequality of life in developing countries.
This program donated one SaTo pan forevery Champion toilet sold in North
America in 2013 and 2014. TheCompany aims to donate 1.2 million
SaTo hygienic toilet pans for
installation in homes and schools indeveloping nations around the world
through 2017, reaching an estimatedAmerican Standard engineers Daigo Ishiyama (farleft) and Jim McHale, Ph.D. (far right), initially
showcased their SaTo hygienic toilet pan at theReinvent the Toilet Fair sponsored by the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation in 2013. The SaTo pan
has received a 2015 Patents for Humanity award for
effectively addressing the global sanitation crisis.

5.5 million people with life improvingsanitation.
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American Standard has partnered with NGO’s BRAC, WaterAid, UNICEF, Save theChildren, Water for People, Food for the Poor and Plumbers Without Borders todistribute the SaTo pans to countries throughout the world in need of safe plumbing
solutions. More than 700,000 SaTo
latrine pans have been distributed in
Bangladesh, Uganda, Haiti, Malawi, andthe Philippines through year-end 2014.
“This latrine pan technology is simple
ingenuity that goes beyond corporate
sustainability to the sustainability of life”,
said Maria Chiclana, senior vicepresident and general counsel at
American Standard, who hasorchestrated the filings for the SaTo
pan’s patent protection in the U.S. andDr. Jim McHale of American Standard (far right)
explained the mechanics and installation of theSaTo sanitary toilet pan to students at thevocational school Haiti Tec on the island nation ofHaiti. Several thousand SaTo pans have been
donated for installation in open pit latrines in Haitito help prevent disease transmission and help savelives.

other regions.
“We are very proud of our ongoing commitment to address this critical global sanitation
issue through sustainable design solutions. It aligns with our vision of raising thestandard of living for all people, everywhere. Sanitation is truly the most vital prerequisite
for health and quality of life,” concluded Delarge.

For more information on the SaTo sanitary toilet pan, visit www.americanstandard.com
or call (800) 442-1902.
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