I took the time to read it.
Amazing.
I'm sending it over to a friend of mine who is an Assistant D.A. in Los Angeles. He did patent law when we were in college together. I'd like to see what he makes of it.
Some of the language is very specific regarding the medical applications of Cannabinoids and how they interact with NMDA receptors. The study about the rats is insane (they damage the brains, then repair them, some rats get cannabinoids, and the rats that did had less than 1/2 the dead brain tissue as untreated rats).
Most of the damage done to the body is through oxidation processes or by immune response. They cover both of those kind of illnesses when applying these treatments.
There's a point in the document when I thought they were only talking about non-psychoactive compounds. Then I saw:
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of this invention to provide a new class of antioxidant drugs, that have particular application as neuroprotectants, although they are generally useful in the treatment of many oxidation associated diseases...
It has surprisingly been found that cannabidiol and other cannabinoids can function as neuroprotectants, even though they lack NMDA receptor antagonist activity...
The cannabinoid may be a cannabinoid other than THC, HU-210, or other potent cannabinoid receptor agonists. The cannabinoid may also be other than HU-211 or any other NMDA receptor antagonist that has previously been reported. A potent cannabinoid receptor agonist is one that has an EC.sub.50 at the cannabinoid receptor of 50 nM or less, but in more particular embodiments 190 nM or 250 nM or less. In disclosed embodiments the cannabinoid is not psychoactive, and is not psychotoxic even at high doses. In some particularly disclosed embodiments, the cannabinoid is selected from the group: ##STR5##
And plain as day (I love the "surprisingly" remark) they spell it out. The USA, represented by the US Health Department, owns any and all treatments related to any and all Cannabinoids.
Watch out doctors!
I wonder if I had filed the same petition for Patent if then I could own the monopoly on a plant. Fuckers.