ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,680, issued on March 4, was assigned to Zelira Therapeutics Operations Pty Ltd (Perth, Australia).

"Sleep disorder compositions and treatments thereof" was invented by Mara Gordon (Bodega Bay, Calif.), Stewart Smith (Bodega Bay, Calif.), Stewart Washer (Stirling, Australia), Patrizia Washer (Stirling, Australia) and Harry Karelis (Perth, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a Cannabis extract and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents, adjuvants, excipients or any combination thereof, the Cannabis extract comprising a cannabinoid fract...