MUMBAI, India, Feb. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202417067874 A) filed by Asaka Riken Co. Ltd., Fukushima, Japan, on Sept. 9, 2024, for 'method for recovering lithium from waste lithium ion batteries.'

Inventor(s) include Yamada Keita; Sakuma Yukio; and Hiraoka Taro.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 7, under issue no. 06/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a method for recovering a valuable metal from waste lithium ion batteries, the method being capable of recovering lithium at a high recovery rate, and enabling recycling of resources. A method for recovering lithium from waste lithium ion batteries accord...