ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,472, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS RESEARCH UK Ltd. (Sittingbourne, Great Britain).

"Method of preparing cannabinoids" was invented by Michael Simon Loft (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain), Alejandro Montellano Lopez (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain) and Alan James Silcock (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The pharmaceutical industry is highly regulated to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of medicines and drug discolouration is one of the leading causes for drug recall. An object of the present invention is to provide an improved method of manufacturing cannabinoids for use in ph...