ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,890, issued on June 3, was assigned to Natural Extraction Systems LLC (Boulder, Colo.).
"Rapid botanical oil distillation device utilizing microwave agent" was invented by C. Russell Thomas (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the disclosure relate to methods and systems for extracting plant oil from plant material. A system may comprise a microwave emitter, an extraction chamber, and a cooling chamber. Microwave radiation emitted by the microwave emitter may dielectrically heat a microwave absorbing agent, which may heat the plant oil of the plant material. Plant oil of the plant material may be volatized...