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Cannabinoid Patent Exclusivity Only Applies To One Condition
December 19, 2011
(The Company Just Awarded An Exclusive Cannabinoid License By The Federal Government)
The exclusive rights to apply the cannabinoids found in marijuana as therapeutic agents awarded by the U.S. federal government to the firm KannaLife only apply to one specific medical condition, KannaLife's CEO told Toke of the Town Monday night.
Dean Petkanas, chief executive officer at KannaLife Sciences, told us that the exclusivity applies only for the development and sale of cannabinoid based therapeutics as antioxidants and neuroprotectants for use in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy.
"It is narrowly defined exclusivity, in that field," Petkanas told us. "Our exclusivity is narrowly focused."
Asked if KannaLife planned to get exclusive rights to develop cannabinoids to treat other conditions, Petkanas answered, "At the present time, we have no desire to do that." >>>MORE
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2011/12/cannabinoid_patent_exclusivity_only_applies_to_one.php
There's more than one patent related to Cannabis:
US Patent 4189491 - Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in a method of treating glaucoma 1980
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/4189491.html
Process for preparing cannabichromene (full - 1982)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/4315862/description.html
US Patent 5389375 - Stable suppository formulations effecting bioavailability of Ɗ9 -thc (full - 1995)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5389375/fulltext.html
US Patent 5508037 - Stable suppository formulations effecting bioavailability of Ɗ9 -THC (full - 1996)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5508037/fulltext.html
US Patent 6132762 - Transcutaneous application of marijuana (full - 2000)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6132762/fulltext.html
US Patent 6328992 - Cannabinoid patch and method for cannabis transdermal delivery (full - 2001)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6328992/fulltext.html
US Patent 6383513 - Compositions comprising cannabinoids (nasal spray)
(full - 2002)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6383513/fulltext.html
US Patent Application 20050042172 - Administration of medicaments by vaporisation (full - 2002)
http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20050042172/fulltext.html
US Patent 6630507 - Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants
(full - 2003) (Assignee (owner)- the US GOVERNMENT!)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6630507/fulltext.html
20070151149 - Methods for altering the level of phytochemicals in plant cells by applying wave lengths of light from 400 nm to 700 nm and apparatus therefore
(full - 2004)
http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20070151149/fulltext.html
US Patent Application 2004004905 - Method for producing an extract from cannabis plant matter, containing a tetrahydrocannabinol and a cannabidiol and cannabis extracts (full - 2004)
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2004/0049059.html
US Patent 6713048 - ?9 tetrahydrocannabinol (?9 THC) solution metered dose inhalers and methods of use (full - 2004)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6713048/fulltext.html
US Patent 6974568 - Treatment for cough (full - 2005)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6974568/fulltext.html
US Patent Application 20050266108 - Methods of purifying cannabinoids from plant material (full - 2005)
http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20050266108/fulltext.html
US Patent 6949582 - Method of relieving analgesia and reducing inflamation using a cannabinoid delivery topical liniment (full - 2005)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6949582/fulltext.html
20050070596 - Methods for treatment of inflammatory diseases using CT-3 or analogs thereof (full - 2005)
http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20050070596/fulltext.html
Method of relieving analgesia and reducing inflamation using a cannabinoid delivery topical liniment (full - 2005)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6949582/fulltext.html
US Patent 7088914 - Device, method and resistive element for vaporizing a medicament (full - 2006)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7088914/fulltext.html
US Patent 7025992 - Pharmaceutical formulations (full - 2006)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7025992/fulltext.html
US Patent Application 20060242899 - Method of cultivating plants
(full - 2006)
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2006/0242899.html
US Patent 7109245 - Vasoconstrictor cannabinoid analogs (full - 2006)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7109245/fulltext.html
20080057117 - PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION MADE UP OF CANNIBAS EXTRACTS (full - 2007)
http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20080057117/fulltext.html
US Patent 7344736 - Extraction of pharmaceutically active components from plant materials (full - 2008)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7344736/fulltext.html
US Patent 7402686 - Cannabinoid crystalline derivatives and process of cannabinoid purification (full - 2008)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7402686/fulltext.html
US Patent 7399872 - Conversion of CBD to ?-THC and ?-THC
(full - 2008)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7399872/fulltext.html
US Patent 7622140 - Processes and apparatus for extraction of active substances and enriched extracts from natural products (full - 2009)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7622140/fulltext.html
NEW USE FOR CANNABINOID-CONTAINING PLANT EXTRACTS
Patent application number: 20100249223 (full - 2010)
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20100249223
CANNABINOID-CONTAINING PLANT EXTRACTS AS NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS Patent application number: 20100239693
(full - 2010)
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20100239693
So many arrogant know it alls, who really don't know it all