LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - January 11, 2011) - N.E.I. Treatment Systems, a global market leader in Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS) for the maritime industry, announced today that patents for the Company's VOST Ballast Water Treatment System have been granted in Japan and South Korea. Patents for N.E.I.'s unique BWTS technology were previously issued in the United States, Canada, the European Union, and other key jurisdictions in Europe and Asia, representing twenty-two major Maritime Flag States where the Company's intellectual property is now protected. Remaining N.E.I. patents are currently pending in China, Brazil and Turkey.