Exhibit 99.1

                                  NEWS RELEASE


          COATES INTERNATIONAL, LTD. FILES U.S. PATENT APPLICATION FOR
           COMBINATION FUEL MIXING SYSTEM UTILIZNG ALTERNATIVE FUELS
   -- Signals Potential End to Domestic Dependency on Foreign Imported Oil --


Wall Township, NJ - April 26, 2006 -- Coates International, Ltd. ("Coates" or
the "Company") announced today that it has filed a patent application to the
United States Patent Office for the Company's new fuel mixing management system
designed to mix different types of fuels simultaneously and sequentially in the
Company's patented industrial Coates Spherical Rotary Valve Engine ("CSRV") for
electric power generation. The device, designed by Gregory G. Coates, son of
inventor and founder of the Company, George J. Coates, purports to mix natural
gas with various alternative fuels, including biodiesel (a fuel manufactured
from vegetable oil), ethanol and hydrogen. The Company believes that the use of
alternative fuels as described may potentially lessen consumer demand for
petroleum-based products and particularly foreign imported oil.

The new fuel mixing management system is built and has been tested to the
satisfaction of the Company during the past three months while using different
combinations of alternative fuels. The manufacturer of the bio diesel and
ethanol is Zambrana Engineering, Inc., a U.S. company. Specific details
concerning how this new device works are anticipated to be divulged publicly in
the near future.

Coates is in the process of manufacturing its CSRV industrial generator sets
with this new alternative fuel management and mixing capabilities. Coates
believes this new technology will eventually migrate into cars, trucks, buses,
boats and so on.



There can be no assurances that a U.S. patent will be issued to the Company.

About Coates International, Ltd.

Coates has emerged from over 15 years of research and development, after very
diligently and quietly working on its CSRV Combustion engine technology. While
experiencing substantial measured success, Coates has acquired numerous patents
worldwide on its CSRV technology.


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For More Information, Please Contact:

Coates International, Ltd.
Tel #: (732) 449-7717
Fax #: (732) 449-0764
Website:  www.coatesengine.com