US Patent Issued to Mangrove Water Technologies on June 24 for "Li recovery processes and onsite chemical production for Li recovery processes" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,538, issued on June 24, was assigned to Mangrove Water Technologies LTD. (Canada).

"Li recovery processes and onsite chemical production for Li recovery processes" was invented by Saad Dara (Vancouver, Canada) and Beniamin Zahiri (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In this disclosure, a process of recycling acid, base and the salt reagents required in the Li recovery process is introduced. A membrane electrolysis cell which incorporates an oxygen depolarized cathode is implemented to generate the required chemicals onsite. The system can utilize a portion of the salar brine or other lithium-containing brine or solid was...