US Patent Issued to LYTEN on Sept. 30 for "Energy reclamation and carbon-neutral system for critical mineral extraction" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,552, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LYTEN INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Energy reclamation and carbon-neutral system for critical mineral extraction" was invented by Jesse Baucom (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Sanjeev Kolli (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed concepts relate to green battery recycling systems and critical mineral reclamation and refinement. Alkali metal extraction (and in particular lithium extraction) is accomplished using a solid electrolyte membrane in combination with electrodes in a redox configuration. The energy used to initially extract lithium from a feed solution is stored...