When Snoop Dogg coined the phrase “sticky icky icky,” he couldn’t have imagined that cannabis ingestion would evolve into weed patches and gels.
The topical technology took a step forward as Colorado-based Mary’s Medicinals received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for their cannabis-infused gel, used in the company’s Mary’s Medicinals Transdermal Pen.
In a nascent industry, patents such as these are quite rare, the company’s executives say.
“The PTO has only granted an extremely limited number of cannabis-related patents – almost exclusively to major international pharmaceutical corporations, research institutions and the federal government,” Mary’s Medicinals founder Nicole Smith said in press materials. “As a small startup company, securing this protection for our intellectual property and the recognition of the uniqueness of our offerings will bolster our continued leadership in this rapidly growing industry. [Read more at The Cannabist at The Denver Post]
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