ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,702, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Lithos Industries Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Systems and methods for the enhancement of midstream-liquid resources for direct metal extraction" was invented by Hood H. Whitson (Fort Worth, Texas), William L. Bourcier (Livermore, Calif.), Sarah Hause (Fort Worth, Texas) and Wesley Paul Kowalczuk (Johnson City, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a system and method for enhancing the extraction of lithium from a liquid resource. A volume of midstream-liquid resource may be received from a site like a pipeline, tank, or disposal site where the m...