Summary of the Study

Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. Cannabis has long been used for recreational and medicinal purposes. Cannabinoids are a group of substances found in cannabis plants. Cannabinol, Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol are the most studied cannabinoids. Besides these Cannabinoids, more than 100 other cannabinoids have been identified.

The first patent in the field of Cannabis was filed in the United States in 1868 by George Mohler. US Patent 82541A granted to Mohler claims a medical composition consisting extract of Cannabis Indica, extract of Calabr. licorice, tincture cubebs, tincture quassia and extract of Sarsaparilla and salts of tartar. The composition is claimed to cure bronchitis, asthma and all other diseases of the breast or lungs. The second patent in the field of Cannabis was filed in the United States in 1884, US Patent 302116A, which also claims the healing property of Cannabis Indica! 

From 1884 to 1990 very few patent applications were filed in this area, less than 20 patent families per year till 1990! Post 1990, patent filing activity in this field has started to increase significantly. A recent Patent Literature search shows that nearly 14,000 patent families contain the root words Cannabi* or Marijuana, in the Title, Abstract and Claims.

To help healthcare, food, beverage and other companies working in the area of Cannabis, our firm Mark IP has prepared a very detailed Patent Landscape Report on Cannabis covering patent data from 1868 to Till-date, 152 years of patent data!

Mark IP's analysts have manually screened 14,000+ patent families containing the word cannabis or marijuana in title, abstract and claims filed all over the world and they bucketed the relevant 10,000+ patent families to First and Second Level Taxonomy. In addition, Mark IP has collected details about 1) All the claimed uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids 2) the types of Cannabinoid Compounds, Derivatives, Metabolites, Salts etc.

The global cannabis market is projected to reach $ 97 billion by 2026. So, Mark IP's Patent Landscape Report on Cannabis which covers last 125 Years of Patent Data would be highly useful to companies developing Cannabis based therapeutic, recreational or other commercial products!