US Patent Issued to Chemtor on June 16 for "Crystallization of cannabinoids" (Utah, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,119, issued on June 16, was assigned to Chemtor LP (Lockhart, Texas).

"Crystallization of cannabinoids" was invented by William Lanier (West Jordan, Utah), Michael Peter Noll III (Denver) and William David Winget (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for crystallization of cannabinoids includes: providing a substantially pure cannabinoid isolate; dissolving the cannabinoid isolate in a crystallization solvent; removing solvent by evaporation until the solution reaches saturation; adding a seed crystal of said cannabinoid; maintaining a supersaturated solution throughout the recrystallization process by the continual evapora...