xenon
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Can a patent be put on anything that is not modified in some way? You can't patent something that just exists without some kind of innovation. If they modify or find a unique use for something, patents shouldn't be an issue. It won't stop you using the unmodified natural version freely will it?
The Federal Government has patented the use of the main ingredient in Cannabis (pot, marijuana)
Now they plan to issue pieces of it, specific uses for specific diseases.
So even though plants can't be patented, the use of the ingredients can.
Federal Cannabinoid Patent #6630507
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...50&s1=6630507.PN.&OS=PN/6630507&RS=PN/6630507
Already being awarded to Pharma companies:
Cannabinoid Patent Exclusivity Only Applies To One Condition
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 8:00 pm
The exclusive rights to apply the cannabinoids found in marijuana as therapeutic agents awarded by the U.S. federal government to the firm KannaLife only apply to one specific medical condition, KannaLife's CEO told Toke of the Town Monday night.
Dean Petkanas, chief executive officer at KannaLife Sciences, told us that the exclusivity applies only for the development and sale of cannabinoid based therapeutics as antioxidants and neuroprotectants for use in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy...MORE>>
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2011/12/cannabinoid_patent_exclusivity_only_applies_to_one.php
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 8:00 pm
The exclusive rights to apply the cannabinoids found in marijuana as therapeutic agents awarded by the U.S. federal government to the firm KannaLife only apply to one specific medical condition, KannaLife's CEO told Toke of the Town Monday night.
Dean Petkanas, chief executive officer at KannaLife Sciences, told us that the exclusivity applies only for the development and sale of cannabinoid based therapeutics as antioxidants and neuroprotectants for use in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy...MORE>>
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2011/12/cannabinoid_patent_exclusivity_only_applies_to_one.php
While the Feds were raiding legal dispensaries, they were patenting the use of the main ingredient in pot. And there is no conspiracy or secrecy needed. They just did it.