ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,596, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Nth Cycle Inc. (Beverly, Mass.).
"Electrochemical metal deposition system and method" was invented by Chad David Vecitis (Acton, Mass.), Christopher James Moore (Somerville, Mass.), Emily Willett Jennings (Medford, Mass.) and Megan O'Connor (Salem, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical deposition apparatus and method for the selective recovery of metal. The electrochemical deposition apparatus comprises a porous cathodic material, an anode, an inter-electrode region formed by the anode and cathode, and a gas release channel. The method may comprise passing a solution comprisin...