Johan Gielis runs the company Genicap that is dedicated to the commercial application of the superformula which can be used to create supershapes. He holds a trademark on the term Superformula™ and has filed a patent for the application of the formula to the field of computer graphics.

Patents on algorithms, numbers and formulas as such – commonly refered to as software patents – may be considered an indicator of a broken patent system.

• A generic geometric transformation that unifies a wide range of natural and abstract shapes by Johan Gielis, 2003

• Genicap Supergraphx for Adobe Illustrator (PDF)
• Genicap Supergraphx 3D Shape Explorer (PDF)

• Superformula on Wikipedia

• Interview with Johan Gielis in Screen 2.0
• Geniaal and Genicap Websites by Johan Gielis
• Patent WO/2004/111885 Genicap 2004