ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,136, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS RESEARCH UK Ltd. (Sittingbourne, Great Britain).

"Cannabinoid derivatives as pharmaceutically active compounds and methods of preparation thereof" was invented by Alan Silcock (Cambridge, Great Britain), Benjamin Whalley (Cambridge, Great Britain), Royston Gray (Cambridge, Great Britain), Hannah Straker (Cambridge, Great Britain), Karen Tse (Cambridge, Great Britain), Alexander Cobb (London) and Laura Bryant (Leigh-on-Sea, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a group of cannabinoid derivatives as pharmaceutically active compounds and...