ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,633, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. (Princeton, N.J.).
"Hydrometallurgical solvent extraction methods" was invented by Luis Moya (Tolleson, Ariz.), Matthew Dean Soderstrom (Mesa, Ariz.), Adam James Fischmann (Victoria, Australia), Michael Moser (Fairfield, Conn.) and Lei Zhang (Stamford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrometallurgical solvent extraction method includes mixing an aqueous metal ion solution with an organic solution of metal extraction reagent to form a mixture, and allowing the aqueous metal ion solution and organic solution to phase separate from the mixture; wherein prior to mixing t...