US Patent Issued on Dec. 2 for "Method for versatile ion-exchange extraction of lithium from natural or technological lithium-containing brine by using a lithium-selective inorganic sorbent" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,556, issued on Dec. 2.

"Method for versatile ion-exchange extraction of lithium from natural or technological lithium-containing brine by using a lithium-selective inorganic sorbent" was invented by Pavel Kudryavtsev (Rehovot, Israel) and Nikolai Kudriavtsev (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an apparatus and a method for ion-exchange extraction of lithium from natural or technological brine by using a lithium-selective inorganic sorbent operating on a principle of an ion sieve. The apparatus contains a plurality of ion-exchange columns arranged and interconnected in sequence. Flows of the brine, flush water, a...