Question: Would You Patent Something That Has No Value?
So, would you patent something that currently has no value but is considered more dangerous than cocaine and heroin? Oh, and on top of that, it’s illegal.
Now, if you can believe this, it appears the US government has gone ahead and patented cannabis. Read on dear Blogger to see how far down the rabbit hole we go…
US Patent 6630507 is titled: Cannabinoids as Antioxidants and Neuroprotectants. The owner of the rights to this patent is the United States Government. When I first heard about this, I had to read if this were true. It is. Check out the link: http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6630507.html
Patent 6630507 “claims” ownership to the “neuroprotectant” effect of Cannabis – specifically the CBD group of molecules.
So, what does “neuroprotectant” mean? It defines a substance, which serves to protect nerves from oxidation, lack of blood, stress or trauma. The Cannabis chemical CBD seems to have the most “neuroprotectant” effect of all the chemicals in cannabis. Research shows that CBD molecules “protect” the brain and nerve cells in general.
CBD is in all strains of Cannabis, however, the levels of CBD fluctuate according to the strain. This would mean that a strain high in CBD would have little cognitive effect, (as opposed to a strain high in THC), but have great neuroprotective and anti-oxident benefit.
What is most interesting is that the Government believes this quality in cannabis is in fact something patentable while at the same time asserting that cannabis has no medical benefit!
I certainly don’t understand this hypocrisy/greed, but I am not surprised. The government is looking into licensing this patent to companies who can then develop “real” medications and pay fees to the Feds. I think this is really pretty funny. However, I will only laugh when the Feds de-criminalize Cannabis so they can license/sell their patent. I will also laugh a lot easier if they leave some of the THC in the medication. ;-)
7 Responses to “Question: Would You Patent Something That Has No Value?”
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I have never written posts for anyone else. I have blogged a few times, however, on other blog sites. Allan
The style of writing is quite familiar to me. Did you write guest posts for other bloggers?
Actually, the US Govt is ALREADY offering this patent for licensing. See this link to the US Office of Technology Transfer: http://ott.od.nih.gov/db/abstxt.asp?refno=396
they all dont want to look stupid when they go against all the reports they published about it having no value. They know what they are doing and are complete hypocrites
I’m so glad you’re my doctor
Hahahaha, great article. Seems like this moves us closer to legalization if anything.
I don’t think it’s “greed” on the government’s part because I think the guys doing the patent probably have nothing to do with the tight grip of the DEA. Course, i don’t know anything about the government.
Do you think they might legalize cannabis if this oncoming depression gets really bad? I’m told it’d be extremely helpful to the economy if it were.