ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,179, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Beijing) and SHANGHAI YIDING NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Shanghai).

"Method for lithium recovery by extraction-stripping separation and purification" was invented by Tao Qi (Beijing), Zhaowu Zhu (Beijing), Jian Zhang (Beijing) and Daoyong Lin (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for lithium recovery by extraction-stripping separation and purification, including: (1) performing an extraction on a lithium-containing solution using an extraction system including a composite extractant ...