Patents by Inventor Mason Cave

Mason Cave 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: 20230240347
    Abstract: The invention comprises an apparatus, comprising: (1) a dissolvable tablet, comprising: a support matrix, the support matrix comprising at least two percent by mass a gassing agent, the gassing agent comprising at least one of: a carbonic acid, H2CO3; a bicarbonate, HCO3; a bicarbonate salt; a carbonate, CO32?; and a carbonate salt; and (2) at least one milligram of tetrahydrocannabinol, where the dissolvable tablet optionally includes an acid and a buffer at least partially separating the gassing agent and the acid, where the tetrahydrocannabinol is blended into the support matrix of the dissolvable tablet prior to formation of the dissolvable tablet and/or is infused into a pre-made tablet comprising the support matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Hazen, Mason Cave, Michael Roth
  • Publication number: 20220241238
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for forming a beverage, comprising the steps of: dissolving a tablet in the beverage, the tablet containing tetrahydrocannabinol; forming gas bubbles, such as carbon dioxide, within the beverage through a chemical reaction; and mixing the tetrahydrocannabinol in the beverage through motion of the gas bubbles, such as where the tetrahydrocannabinol is maintained, after the step of mixing, in suspension in the beverage for a period of at least five minutes through at least movement of the gas bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Roth, Kevin Hazen, Mason Cave
  • Publication number: 20220211660
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for forming a Cannabis product, comprising the steps of: providing a tetrahydrocannabinol concentrate, the tetrahydrocannabinol concentrate comprising: a purity of at least forty percent and a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) viscosity in excess of 4,000 centipoise at 25° C.; combining with the tetrahydrocannabinol concentrate a second substance, the second substance comprising a second substance viscosity less than the THC viscosity to form a THC compound; heating the THC compound to greater than 40° C. to yield a THC compound viscosity of less than 1,000 centipoise; and adding the THC compound to a product substance to form a THC containing product, the THC containing product comprising a THC containing product viscosity greater than 5,000 centipoise at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Mason Cave, Kevin Hazen, Michael Roth
  • Publication number: 20220175719
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method, comprising the steps of: pressing into a dissolvable tablet at least one of: a carbonic acid, H2CO3; a bicarbonate, HCO3?; a salt of bicarbonate; a carbonate, CO32?; and a salt of carbonate; and distributing at least one milligram of a Cannabis product in the dissolvable tablet, where the Cannabis product is optionally and preferably at least one milligram of tetrahydrocannabinol. Optionally and preferably at least one of: a hydrogen phosphate; an ionic phosphate; monocalcium phosphate; a phosphate; and an acid is incorporated into the dissolvable tablet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Mason Cave, Michael Roth, Kevin Hazen
  • Publication number: 20220175004
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for forming a Cannabis product, comprising the steps of: in a first process, decreasing viscosity of a tetrahydrocannabinol stock, of at least fifty percent purity, by at least two thousand centipoise through: (1) the addition of at least one of: ethanol, butter, a fat, and an oil to form an intermediate tetrahydrocannabinol compound and (2) heating the intermediate tetrahydrocannabinol compound to at least 40° C.; in a subsequent process, further reducing viscosity of the intermediate tetrahydrocannabinol compound to less than 100 centipoise by diluting the tetrahydrocannabinol compound with water at a ratio of at least ten parts water to one part tetrahydrocannabinol stock, by at least one of mass and volume, to form a liquid THC product; and packaging the liquid THC product in a container for distribution from a manufacturing point to a point of sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Mason Cave, Michael Roth, Kevin Hazen
  • Publication number: 20220125091
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for holding a Cannabis product, such as a THC containing beverage, comprising the steps of: preparing a concentrated emulsion of tetrahydrocannabinol with a concentration exceeding two thousand milligrams per twelve ounces; diluting the concentrated emulsion in a bright tank to yield a diluted emulsion comprising: (1) a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of less than two hundred milligrams per twelve ounces and (2) a solution with a viscosity of less than twenty millipascal-seconds; and then pumping the diluted emulsion from the bright tank to a cavity of a beverage container, such as where the diluted emulsion comprises a mean micelle diameter greater than 600 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Mason Cave, Michael Roth, Kevin Hazen
  • Publication number: 20220125077
    Abstract: The invention comprises an apparatus and a method for amending a food product, comprising the steps of: (1) receiving into a second geographic zone the food product from a first geographic zone, where packaging greater than five milligrams per serving of tetrahydrocannabinol in the food product is: (a) illegal in the first geographic zone and (b) legal in the second geographic zone; (2) forming a composition of the tetrahydrocannabinol comprising a viscosity of less than 2,000 mPa·sec; (3) injecting the food product with the composition of tetrahydrocannabinol to form an amended food product; and optionally (4) forming an emulsion of the tetrahydrocannabinol, an emulsifier, and water, the emulsion comprising, excluding particle sizes of less than 20 nm, a mean particle size of less than 1000 nm and a viscosity of less than 100 mPa·sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Mason Cave, Alton J. Reich, Sara Geneva Noreau Kerr, Michael Roth, Gavin Hazen, Kevin H. Hazen
  • Publication number: 20220125756
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for forming a Cannabis product, comprising the steps of: combining tetrahydrocannabinol and ethanol to form a THC-alcohol compound, the THC-alcohol compound comprising less than fifty percent water by mass and subjecting the THC-alcohol compound to a shear force in excess of 100 or 50,000 sec?1. Optionally and preferably, formation of the Cannabis product results after successive steps of reducing viscosity of the tetrahydrocannabinol compound, such as by 2000+ cP and 20+ cP, or after reversing a first viscosity reducing step of 2000+ cP with a subsequent viscosity increase of 2000+ cP, such as in the formation of a THC containing drink, edible, vape pen solution, or preroll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Roth, Kevin Hazen, Mason Cave
  • Publication number: 20220127041
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for holding a Cannabis product, such as a beverage container having a resealable closure that remains affixed to the beverage container when in both an open position and a closed position, where a cavity within the container comprises at least two servings of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The resealable closure optionally includes a slideable/rotatable element that is slideable/rotatable along a horizontal plane relative to an upper surface of the beverage container, the slideable/rotatable closure element alternatingly closing an opening in the lid when in a first position and allowing access through the opening when in a second position. The resealable container in combination with graphical THC serving size indicators allows a consumer to consume a known amount of THC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Hazen, Mason Cave, Michael Roth
  • Publication number: 20220125810
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for holding a Cannabis product, such as a soda or a beverage, comprising: a container comprising a cavity at least partially enclosed within a base and at least one side extending upwards from the base; an emulsion in the cavity, the emulsion comprising at least: water and tetrahydrocannabinol; and a label on the at least one side, the label comprising a set of at least three graphical serving size indicators correspondingly positioned at at least three differing vertical locations from the base, where a mean particle size of the beverage is preferably less than one thousand nanometers in diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Mason Cave, Michael Roth, Kevin Hazen
  • Publication number: 20220127026
    Abstract: The invention comprises an apparatus and a method for amending an incomplete product and/or a product to form an amended product, such as by receiving the original product in a first pressurized container, breaking a pressure seal of the first pressurized container, adding tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to the first pressurized container, and resealing the first pressurized container, such as where optionally a portion of the amendment process is at a second physical location separated from a first location by a state line and/or a legislative boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin H. Hazen, Mason Cave, Alton J. Reich, Sara Geneva Noreau Kerr, Michael Roth, Gavin Hazen
  • Publication number: 20220125755
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for forming a Cannabis product, comprising the steps of: preparing a tetrahydrocannabinol emulsion comprising particles, the particles comprising: (1) a first peak concentration of the particles, as a function of particle size, less than nine hundred nanometers in diameter; and (2) a second peak concentration of the particles greater than nine hundred nanometers in diameter and adding the tetrahydrocannabinol emulsion to at least one of: an edible, a beverage, an additive for use in a vape cartridge, and a pre-roll, where a mixer is used to form the particles containing tetrahydrocannabinol and where the particles comprise at least one of: a micelle comprising the tetrahydrocannabinol; a droplet of the tetrahydrocannabinol; a lipid bilayer cell comprising the tetrahydrocannabinol; a mixed droplet of both the tetrahydrocannabinol and an oil; and the tetrahydrocannabinol and at least one-tenth of a percent ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Hazen, Mason Cave, Michael Roth
  • Publication number: 20220129718
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and/or an apparatus for operating a Cannabis facility generating a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) containing product, comprising the step of labeling the THC containing product with a matrix bar code/quick response (QR) code, the cannabis containing product comprising at least two milligrams of a tetrahydrocannabinol substance, the QR code linking to product information associated with the THC containing product, the product information comprising at least one of a location, date of harvest, strain, and/or type of a plant containing a tetrahydrocannabinol substance in the THC containing product; an extraction method; a date and/or a location of manufacture of the THC product; a related laboratory report; and/or a link to a related web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Roth, Kevin Hazen, Mason Cave