US Patent Issued to Battelle Energy Alliance on Aug. 12 for "Methods of recovering active materials from rechargeable batteries, and related apparatuses" (Idaho, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,123, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Battelle Energy Alliance LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

"Methods of recovering active materials from rechargeable batteries, and related apparatuses" was invented by Joshua S. McNally (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Luis A. Diaz Aldana (Idaho Falls, Idaho), John R. Klaehn (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Tedd E. Lister (Bangor, Maine) and David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of recovering active materials from a rechargeable battery comprises placing an active material of a rechargeable battery in a cathode chamber comprising a cathode of an electrochemical cell comprising the cathod...