ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,295, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hemp-Shire LLC (Berea, Ky.).
"Activated hemp filters and method of making activated hemp filters" was invented by William D. Strait III (Berea, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making activated carbon particles from hemp includes placing raw hemp within a predefined atmosphere to produce activated carbon particles from the raw hemp and carbonizing the raw hemp to produce the activated carbon particles. Hemp filters including the activated carbon particles from hemp are disclosed."
The patent was filed on Oct. 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/492,209.
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