ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,210, issued on April 15.

"Production and use of the leaf and/or leaves and/or stem(s) and/or stalk(s) of plants of the cannabis species for consumption as a food, beverage ingredient, supplement, medicine" was invented by David Alan Heldreth Jr. (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present invention is directed to a method for the production and use of the leaf and/or leaves and/or stem(s) and/or stalk(s) of plants of the cannabis species for animal, microbial, bacteria, fungi or human consumption as a food, supplement, medicine, beverage."

The patent was filed on March 8, 2022, under Application No. 17/689,706.

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