McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP partners Alison Baldwin, Nicole Grimm and patent agent Brittany Butler, Ph.D. co-author a March 6, 2018 Cannabis Industry Journal article entitled, “The Ever-Growing Importance of Protecting Cannabis Extraction Innovation.” With legalization of cannabis for medicinal and adult use occurring rapidly at the state level, the industry is seeing a sharp increase in innovative technologies, particularly in the area of cannabis extraction. Companies are developing novel extraction methods that are capable of not only separating and recovering high yields of specific cannabinoids, but also removing harmful chemicals (such as pesticides) from the concentrate. view the article