Patents Assigned to Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
  • Patent number: 12201605
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to liquid compositions comprising cannabidiol, which have either freezing points or glass-liquid transition temperatures less than the melting point of pure cannabidiol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Nixon Malcolm
  • Patent number: 12161608
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to methods of administering cannabinoid anions to treat various health conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas G. Metcalf
  • Patent number: 12064709
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to a method to extract an oil from a plant material using an apparatus by first exposing the plant material to a heated gas stream at a temperature sufficient to volatilize the oil from the plant material, and then rapidly cooling the gas stream to liquefy the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230355769
    Abstract: Various aspects of this disclosure relate to a composition, comprising a liquid phase that consists of chemical species that comprise tetrahydrocannabinol, one or more flavyliums, and a solvent, wherein each chemical species of the liquid phase has a concentration in the liquid phase; the tetrahydrocannabinol is dissolved in the liquid phase at a concentration of at least 0.1 percent and no greater than 8 percent by mass; each flavylium of the one or more flavyliums is a substituted 2-phenylchromenylium that consists of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; the solvent is miscible with water; and the liquid phase comprises the solvent at a greater concentration by mass than any other chemical species of the liquid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230338331
    Abstract: Various aspects of this disclosure relate to a composition, comprising a liquid phase that consists of chemical species that comprise tetrahydrocannabinol, one or more flavyliums, and a solvent, wherein each chemical species of the liquid phase has a concentration in the liquid phase; the tetrahydrocannabinol is dissolved in the liquid phase at a concentration of at least 0.1 percent and no greater than 8 percent by mass; each flavylium of the one or more flavyliums is a substituted 2-phenylchromenylium that consists of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; the solvent is miscible with water; and the liquid phase comprises the solvent at a greater concentration by mass than any other chemical species of the liquid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230312502
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to the rapid purification of cannabinoids by vaporization and condensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Matthew M. DePalo
  • Publication number: 20230226461
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to a method to extract an oil from a plant material using an apparatus by first exposing the plant material to a heated gas stream at a temperature sufficient to volatilize the oil from the plant material, and then rapidly cooling the gas stream to liquefy the oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230190670
    Abstract: This patent document discloses compositions comprising novel combinations of cannabinoids, terpenes, and thermal degradation products that can be obtained, for example, by the vapor-phase decarboxylation of a cannabis extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Publication number: 20220396540
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to compositions and methods to purify cannabinoids by crystallization in a water-miscible liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Douglas G. Metcalf
  • Patent number: 11406913
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to a method to extract an oil from a plant material using an apparatus by first exposing the plant material to a heated gas stream at a temperature sufficient to volatilize the oil from the plant material, and then rapidly cooling the gas stream to liquefy the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Patent number: 11021674
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to methods and systems for extracting plant oil from plant material. A system may comprise a microwave emitter, an extraction chamber, and a cooling chamber. Microwave radiation emitted by the microwave emitter may dielectrically heat a microwave absorbing agent, which may heat the plant oil of the plant material. Plant oil of the plant material may be volatized in the extraction chamber and may be directed into the cooling chamber to be condensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Patent number: 10993928
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to liquid compositions comprising cannabidiol, which have either freezing points or glass-liquid transition temperatures less than the melting point of pure cannabidiol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Nixon Malcolm
  • Patent number: 10959961
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to methods to administer compositions comprising anionic cannabinoid molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas G. Metcalf
  • Patent number: 10881982
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracting an oil from plant material includes an extraction chamber for plant material. The plant material is exposed to a heated gas stream with a temperature sufficient to volatilize on oil from the plant material. The gas stream is rapidly cooled to liquefy the oil into entrained droplets. The oil is collected with a collection solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Patent number: 10864459
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent application relate to methods to separate a cannabinoid molecule from other molecules of a decarboxylated cannabinoid extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Robert C. Wagner, C. Russell Thomas, Douglas G. Metcalf
  • Patent number: 10822320
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to the rapid purification and decarboxylation of cannabinoids by vaporization and condensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Matthew M. DePalo
  • Patent number: 10669248
    Abstract: Various aspects of this disclosure relate to methods to lower the activation energy of the cannabinoid decarboxylation reaction by performing the decarboxylation reaction in the gas phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Matthew M. DePalo
  • Patent number: 10617974
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to methods and systems for extracting oil from plant material. A system may comprise a gas moving device, an extraction chamber, and a condensation surface. Oil of the plant material may be volatized in the extraction chamber and then propelled by the gas moving device to the condensation surface to be collected. In various embodiments, the systems and methods allow the extraction of oil from plant material with little or no solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Patent number: 10609944
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions comprising 2-[(1R,6R)-6-isopropenyl-3-methylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-3-hydroxy-5-pentylphenolate and 2-[(1R,6R)-6-isopropenyl-3-methylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-5-pentylbenzene-1,3-diol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas G. Metcalf
  • Patent number: 10610805
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to methods to separate cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol by adjusting their solubility in alcohol and water solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Natural Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas G. Metcalf