Table 1.
Patents on medical cannabis upstream technologies (growth and harvesting)
| Upstream technology topic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seed and crop protection | ||
| Title | Short description | Patent doc. number |
| Rhamnolipid repellent and disinfectant (WO2020102800A1 - Rhamnolipid repellent and disinfectant - Google Patents n.d.) | Coating cannabis seeds with rhamnolipid to prevent pathogens | WO2020102800A1 |
| Cultivation methods and equipment | ||
| Title | Short description | Patent doc. number |
| Plant artificial seeds having multilayers and methods for the production thereof (WO2013096536A1 - Plant artificial seeds having multilayers and methods for the production thereof - Google Patents n.d.) | Artificial seed in dedicated container | WO2013096536A |
| Method of hydroponic growing of plants (US9822042B2 - Method of hydroponically growing of plants - Google Patents n.d.) | Hydroponically cultivating cannabis plants, controlled nutrient release | US9822042 |
| Polymeric film (WO2020078766A1 - Polymeric film - Google Patents n.d.) | Polymeric greenhouse film for enhancing cannabis plant growth by blocking appropriate light spectra | WO2020078766A1 |
| Cannabis growth methods and systems (US10021838B1 - Cannabis growth methods and systems - Google Patents n.d.) | Growth of cannabis in small scale environmentally controlled cabinets | US10021838B1 |
| Precise crop harvesting | ||
| Title | Short description | Patent doc. number |
| Optical determination of cannabis harvest date (WO2020084391A1 - Optical determination of cannabis harvest date - Google Patents n.d.) | Sensing systems measuring cannabinoids in cannabis plants | WO2020084391A1 |
| Devices, systems and methods of identifying plants, plant material and plant state (WO2019237203A1 - Dispositifs, systèmes et procédés d’identification de plantes, de matériel végétal et d’état végétal - Google Patents n.d.) | Sensing cannabis plant state via gas sensors in the ambient air surrounding the plant | WO2019237203A1 |
| Post-harvest methods | ||
| Title | Short description | Patent doc. number |
| Method and apparatus for harvesting trichomes from cannabis plants (CA3050648A1 - Method and apparatus for harvesting trichomes from cannabis plants - Google Patents n.d.) | Harvesting trichomes from frozen cannabis plant biomass | CA3050648A1 |