ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,634, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to FREEPORT MINERALS Corp. (Phoenix).

"Systems and methods for improved raffinate injection" was invented by Sarah Lyons (Vail, Ariz.), Joanna M. Robertson (Thatcher, Ariz.), Casey J. Clayton (Ariquipa, Peru), Richard Melecio Sanchez (Central, Ariz.), Raquel Crossman (Mesa, Ariz.), Luciano Kiniti Issoe (Sao Palo, Brazil), Tianfang Ni (Boston), Oleksandr Klesov (Lexington, Mass.), Luke Gerdes (Framingham, Mass.), Muneeb Alam (Alexandria, Va.), Chase Zenner (Tucson, Ariz.) and John Warren Dean Jr. (Thatcher, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method comprising deter...