US Patent Issued to PURISYS on June 24 for "Methods of preparing synthetic cannabinol and homologs thereof" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,223, issued on June 24, was assigned to PURISYS LLC (Athens, Ga.).

"Methods of preparing synthetic cannabinol and homologs thereof" was invented by Charla Barr (Monroe, Ga.), Achintya Sujan (Athens, Ga.), Wen-Chun Zhang (Bogart, Ga.), Akram M. Hazeen (Athens, Ga.) and Joshua K. Hoerner (Watkinsville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the preparation of synthetic cannabinol and homologs thereof having the structure of Formula (I), wherein, n is 1, 2, 3 or 4. The methods described herein provide for high yields and purity in a one-pot synthesis or high yields and purity without the need for lengthy co...