US Patent Issued to Limelight Steel on Aug. 26 for "High-efficiency photonic furnaces for metal production" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,954, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Limelight Steel Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"High-efficiency photonic furnaces for metal production" was invented by Olivia Faye Dippo (Oakland, Calif.) and Andrew Zigang Zhao (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are photonic furnaces and methods of using the same to produce metal products from a precursor material."

The patent was filed on Nov. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/505,480.

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