ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,861, issued on May 20, was assigned to Lithos Industries Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Method for manufacturing sorbent compositions with enhanced adsorption properties" was invented by Sarah Hause (Fort Worth, Texas) and Hood H. Whitson (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure may include the synthesis of a sorbent spinel material, which can be essential for applications necessitating specific chemical attributes and high lithium loading capacities. The disclosure includes preparing a precursor blend from specific reactants, including manganese compounds, and calcining the precursor blend ...