ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,780, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Bizzybee LLC (Tacoma, Wash.).

"Phytochemical extraction systems, methods, and devices" was invented by Boris David Kogon (Tacoma, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices for phytochemical extraction. One example extraction system includes two solvent columns, a material column, and a dewaxing column. The solvent columns store and provide solvent for stripping target chemicals from plant material in the material column. The solvent mixed with target chemicals passes into the dewaxing column, where the target chemicals are separated from waxes ...