The original question concerned.... a patent, still I'd accept a patent application but alas Results of Search in PGPUB Full-Text Database db for: Cannavest: 0 applications. No application publications have matched your query Searching PGPUB Full-Text Database... Results of Search in PGPUB Full-Text Database db for: MJNA: 0 applications. No application publications have matched your query Here's the link to the application search maybe you'll have better luck. http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair/ Unless, of course, by PENDING they just mean "Pending MJNA getting around to submitting an app", In that sense I guess they could call it "pending".