US Patent Issued to BLUE WHALE MATERIALS on June 17 for "Method, apparatus, and system for lithium ion battery recycling" (District Of Columbia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,522, issued on June 17, was assigned to BLUE WHALE MATERIALS LLC (Washington).

"Method, apparatus, and system for lithium ion battery recycling" was invented by Minjae Oh (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a system and method for discharging and processing of lithium ion batteries to extract one or more metals. The extracted metals are in a powder form that can be reused at second stage processing facilities. The extracted metal powder can include lithium and at least one of cobalt, nickel, manganese, and carbon."

The patent was filed on Aug. 17, 2021, under Application No. 17/599,318.

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