ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,984, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Guangxi University (Nanning, China).
"Application of selenium-containing organic compounds in copper sulfide flotation collectors" was invented by Jianhua Chen (Nanning, China) and Anruo Luo (Nanning, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an application of a class of selenium-containing organic compounds in copper sulfide flotation collectors, including organic compound with selenium atoms as functional groups and containing single selenium atom or multiple selenium atoms, where the organic compound with selenium atoms as functional groups and containing single selenium atom or multip...