ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,244, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Plant Synergies LLC (Sunriver, Ore.).

"System and method for extracting noxious chemicals from naturally-occurring raw materials and creating useful products" was invented by Michael W. Rouse (Sunriver, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may be configured to extract useful products from raw materials. Some systems include (1) a wet-grinding apparatus that includes (a) a conveyance for receiving and directing a slurry containing carrier liquids with suspended raw materials, (b) a high torque motor, (c) a motor drive operably coupled to be driven by the high torque motor (d) a set of fl...