Patents by Inventor C. Russell Thomas

C. Russell Thomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240343991
    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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • 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: 20240262775
    Abstract: Various aspects of this disclosure relate to (1) methods to perform a ring contraction in the gas phase, (2) compositions obtainable by such methods, and (3) reaction vessels that contain compositions that comprise either a reactant or a product of the ring contraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • Patent number: 11820959
    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: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    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
  • Patent number: 11702397
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to the rapid purification of cannabinoids by vaporization and condensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NATURAL EXTRACTION SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Matthew M. DePalo
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11643402
    Abstract: Various aspects of this disclosure relate to gas phase methods to decarboxylate cannabinoid carboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NATURAL EXTRACTION SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Matthew M. DePalo
  • Publication number: 20230076088
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to gas-phase methods to distill molecules from a composition that is suspended in a gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NATURAL EXTRACTION SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Douglas G. METCALF
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220387376
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to cannabinoids that are dissolved in glycerine in the presence of the cosolvent ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Douglas G. Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20220280444
    Abstract: Various aspects of this disclosure relate to compositions comprising (i) one or more decarboxylated cannabinoids and (ii) either (a) cellulose I, (b) nucleic acids that comprise one or more nucleotide sequences that encode a geranyl-pyrophosphate-olivetolic acid geranyltransferase, (c) protein that comprises one or more amino acid sequences that encode a geranyl-pyrophosphate-olivetolic acid geranyltransferase, (d) two of a, b, and c, or (e) each of a, b, and c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220233404
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate cannabinoid anions including methods to produce cannabinoid anions, compositions comprising cannabinoid anions, containers that contain compositions comprising cannabinoid anions, and methods to consume cannabinoid anions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Douglas G. Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20220015397
    Abstract: This patent document discloses combinations of cannabinoids, terpenes, terpene oxidation products, and stereoisomers of cannabinoids and terpene oxidation products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Douglas G. Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20210360947
    Abstract: Various aspects of this patent document relate to beverage concentrates that comprise active ingredients, containers comprising beverage concentrates, and methods to prepare beverage formulations from beverage concentrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: C. Russell Thomas, Douglas G. Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20210309628
    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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: C. Russell Thomas