US Patent Issued to Chemtor on Sept. 29 for "Hard cracking point of cannabinoids" (Utah, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,487, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Chemtor LP (Lockhart, Texas).

"Hard cracking point of cannabinoids" was invented by William Lanier (West Jordan, Utah) and Michael Peter Noll III (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for utilizing the hard cracking of cannabinoids includes providing a substantially pure cannabinoid isolate; optionally, adding terpenes or other flavor additives; optionally, physically mixing the combination; heating the isolate or mixture to a hard cracking point of the cannabinoid for a period of time; rapidly cooling to form a crystalline cannabinoid."

The patent was filed on Feb. 10, 2023, under...