US 12,215,461 B2
Bleaching trichomes to remove proteins
Phillip Richard Green, Moneta, VA (US); Raul Victorino Nunes, Loveland, OH (US); Nicholas William Geary, Mariemont, OH (US); and Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi, Liberty Township, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,794.
Application 18/495,794 is a continuation of application No. 17/868,234, filed on Jul. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,846,068.
Application 17/868,234 is a continuation of application No. 16/452,569, filed on Jun. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,427,960, issued on Aug. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/691,747, filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0052567 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D21C 9/14 (2006.01); D21C 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC D21C 9/166 (2013.01) [D21C 9/14 (2013.01); D21C 9/163 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process of treating individualized trichomes to remove proteins, whereby the process comprises:
a. selecting a trichome containing biomass;
b. individualizing the trichomes from the biomass, wherein the trichomes have a protein content;
c. wetting the trichomes;
d. reacting the trichomes with a reactant comprising at least one of a chlorite, a peroxide, and a peracid at a pH greater than about 8;
e. removing the trichomes from the reaction; and
f. measuring the protein content of the reacted trichomes.