ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,706, issued on July 8, was assigned to Natural Extraction Systems LLC (Boulder, Colo.).

"Compositions and methods related to excipients and cannabinoid formulations" was invented by C. Russell Thomas (Boulder, Colo.) and Douglas G. Metcalf (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of this patent document relate to beverage concentrates that comprise active ingredients, containers comprising beverage concentrates, and methods to prepare beverage formulations from beverage concentrates."

The patent was filed on Aug. 2, 2021, under Application No. 17/392,247.

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