U.S. Patent No. 9,937,147 B2 issued on April 10, 2018, for “Edible Base Product Composition,” to applicant NBDD, Inc., and inventor Doug DeGeeter, of San Francisco, California. The claims are directed to an edible product containing concentrates of starch, specifically rice, lipid, specifically tapioca maltodextrin, and at least 33% by weight a concentrate containing a cannabinoid compound. The selected compound can be from the Markush group consisting of CBN, THC, CBD, THCA, CBDA, THCV, CBDV, and synthetic dronabinol, amandamide, and nabilone.
No drawings were submitted to illustrate the invention. The patent is also subject to a terminal disclaimer under 37 C.F.R. §1.321(d).
The International Patent Classification is A61K (preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes (i.e., methods specially adapted for pharmaceutical products into particular physical form), A23L (foods and non-alcoholic beverages), and A23P (shaping or working of foodstuffs).
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