US Patent Issued to CCT Sciences on Nov. 4 for "Process for production of essentially pure triangle 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol" (Florida, North Carolina, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,620, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CCT Sciences LLC (Clearwater, Fla.).

"Process for production of essentially pure triangle 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol" was invented by Kyle Olson (Clearwater, Fla.), Harold Meckler (Delmar, N.Y.), Marcus Brackeen (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) and Mario Tremblay (Clearwater, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes a method which outlines a process for conversion of CBD to a triangle9-tetrahydrocannabinol (triangle9-THC) compound or derivative thereof involving treating a naturally produced CBD intermediate compound with an organoaluminum-based Lewis acid catalyst, under co...