US Patent Issued to FREEPORT MINERALS on Oct. 7 for "Methods and systems for organic recovery in solvent extraction" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,174, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FREEPORT MINERALS Corp. (Phoenix).

"Methods and systems for organic recovery in solvent extraction" was invented by Steven Richardson (Thatcher, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for recovering entrained organic particles from an aqueous solution is provided. The device comprises a tank configured to receive a mixed solution through an inlet, wherein the mixed solution comprises an aqueous solution and organic particles, a plurality of curved impellers configured to impel a torque on the mixed solution, wherein in response to receiving the torque the mixed solution moves in a rotation...