	US 11,987,775 B1
	Systems and methods for extracting THC from cannabis plants
Luis Cruz Rodriguez, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed by Elidan Dynamic, LLC, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,318.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/357,796, filed on Jul. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/320,184, filed on Mar. 15, 2022.
Int. Cl. C12G 3/02 (2019.01); C12H 1/07 (2006.01); C12N 1/16 (2006.01)

CPC C12G 3/02 (2013.01) [C12H 1/063 (2013.01); C12N 1/16 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for extracting Tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabis plants, the method comprising:

sorting different parts of cannabis plants, wherein the different parts of the cannabis plants include at least flowers;

shredding each of the different parts of the cannabis plants and placing each of the different parts of the cannabis plants in a separate container;

mixing fermentation materials with each of the different parts of the cannabis plants;

placing the mixed components in a set of fermentation tanks, wherein the each of the different parts of the cannabis plants is placed in a separate fermentation tank;

wherein each fermentation tank:

includes a pair of screen filters;

is connected to at least one of the other fermentation tanks in the set of fermentation tanks at a location above the pair of screen filters; and

is connected to at least one of the other fermentation tanks in the set of fermentation tanks at a location below the pair of screen filters;

activating a yeast mixture;

adding the activated yeast mixture to the fermentation tanks on day 0;

leaving the mixtures in each fermentation tank for 10 days to allow fermentation to proceed;

equalizing the mixtures in each of the fermentation tanks on days 0 through 10 by opening connections between the fermentation tanks;

creating a water/sugar mixture and adding 1/10^thof the water/sugar mixture to the fermentation tanks each day for 10 days;

collecting a macerated oil on day 21 by allowing the macerated oil to flow to an oil collection tank; and

collecting an infused alcohol on day 21 after collecting the macerated oil by allowing the infused alcohol to flow to an alcohol collection tank.