ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,408, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to INVENTURE RENEWABLES INC. (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).
"Processes for the separation of rare earth elements and non-rare earth elements into individual high purity elements" was invented by William Rusty Sutterlin (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In alternative embodiments, provided are processes and continuous ion exchange/continuous ion chromatography (CIX/CIC) systems for the separation of rare earth elements and non-rare earth elements, including metals, into individual high purity elements."
The patent was filed on Dec. 10, 2020, under Application No. 17/118,386.
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