ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,046, issued on April 15, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Slurry iron remover" was invented by Yuanxin Li (Ningde, China), Bo Zhang (Ningde, China) and Liyong Xu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slurry iron remover includes a tank body configured to contain slurry; a magnetic bar disposed in the tank body, where the magnetic bar is configured to absorb iron particles in the slurry; and a cleaning column ring disposed in the tank body and surrounding the magnetic bar, where the cleaning column ring is fitted to an outer surface of the magnetic bar and an inner surface of the ...