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Granted Patent B2
US 12,264,296 · App. 17/465,661 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Compositions that contain lipophilic plant material and surfactant, and related methods

Inventor: Michael V. Zumpano (Fairfield, CA)
C11B9/025A23L33/105A61K31/658C07C65/19C11B9/027
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Patent No.
US 12,264,296
App. No.
17/465,661
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described are liquid compositions that contain a desired (e.g., extracted) plant material such as cannabinoid, terpene, terpenoid, or the like, contained, e.g., dissolved, suspended, or emulsified, in the liquid, which contains surfactant; methods of preparing these types of liquid compositions; and methods of processing this type of liquid composition to collect, isolate, concentrate, or purify a desired target material contained in the liquid composition.

Claims (56)

1. A plant extract composition comprising:

at least 50 weight percent surfactant, and

at least 20 weight percent lipophilic plant material,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

2. The plant extract composition of claim 1 comprising:

from 50 to 70 weight percent surfactant, and

at least 20 weight percent lipophilic plant material that is dissolved, suspended, or emulsified within the plant extract composition,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

3. The plant extract composition of claim 1 comprising at least 10 weight percent cannabinoid as lipophilic plant material, based on total weight plant extract composition.

4. The plant extract composition of claim 1 comprising not more than 20 weight percent water based on total weight plant extract composition.

5. The plant extract composition of claim 1 comprising:

less than 5 weight percent oil different from the lipophilic plant material,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

6. The plant extract of claim 1 comprising

alkylamine alkoxylate surfactant, and

amide-based surfactant having the formula R 4 C(O)NR 5 R 6 , wherein R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 are independently selected from saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon-containing groups, and R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 combined have a total number of carbon atoms in the range from 6-16.

7. The plant extract composition of claim 1 comprising:

at least 60 weight percent surfactant, and

at least 20 weight percent lipophilic plant material,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

8. The plant extract composition of claim 7 comprising up to 10 weight percent water, based on total weight plant extract composition.

9. The plant extract composition of claim 7 comprising less than 5 weight percent oil different from the lipophilic plant material, based on total weight plant extract composition.

10. The plant extract composition of claim 7 comprising:

at least 60 weight percent surfactant,

at least 20 weight percent lipophilic plant material,

up to 10 weight percent water, and

less than 5 weight percent oil different from the lipophilic plant material,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

11. The plant extract composition of claim 7 comprising:

at least 60 weight percent surfactant, and

at least 10 weight percent cannabinoid as lipophilic plant material,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

12. The plant extract composition of claim 11 comprising up to 10 weight percent water, based on total weight plant extract composition.

13. The plant extract composition of claim 11 comprising less than 5 weight percent oil different from the lipophilic plant material, based on total weight plant extract composition.

14. The plant extract composition of claim 1 comprising:

at least 60 weight percent surfactant,

at least 10 weight percent cannabinoid as lipophilic plant material,

up to 10 weight percent water, and

less than 5 weight percent oil different from the lipophilic plant material,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

15. The plant extract composition of claim 1 comprising:

at least 70 weight percent surfactant, and

at least 15 weight percent cannabinoid as lipophilic plant material,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

16. The plant extract composition of claim 11 comprising up to 10 weight percent water,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

17. The plant extract composition of claim 1 comprising:

at least 70 weight percent surfactant,

at least 15 weight percent cannabinoid as lipophilic plant material,

up to 10 weight percent water, and

less than 5 weight percent oil different from the lipophilic plant material,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

18. A plant extract composition comprising:

at least 50 weight percent surfactant, and

at least 10 weight percent cannabinoid as lipophilic plant material,

based on total weight plant extract composition.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63073911 · Sep 2, 2020
Related Publication 20220064566A1 · Mar 3, 2022
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