US Patent Issued to Phoenix Tailings on Feb. 3 for "Systems and methods for recovery of molten metal" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,413, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Phoenix Tailings Inc. (Woburn, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for recovery of molten metal" was invented by Thomas Anthony Villalon Jr. (Boston), Benjamin David Brakenwagen (Narragansett, R.I.) and Richard Robert Salvucci (Quincy, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for recovery of molten metal are generally described. Certain systems comprise a reactor (e.g., a reduction cell such as an electrolytic cell comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte) comprising molten metal within a container; and a collection vessel at least partially contained within the container of th...