ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,503, issued on March 18, was assigned to CANOPY GROWTH Corp. (Smiths Falls, Canada).

"Cannabinoid derivatives" was invented by Jeffrey Alan Omeara (Halton Hills, Canada) and Heinz Werner Pauls (Guelph, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to cannabinoid derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods of using the cannabinoid derivatives."

The patent was filed on July 10, 2020, under Application No. 17/626,518.

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