US Patent Issued to Phoenix Tailings on July 15 for "Systems and methods for feeding solid material and a gas into an electrolytic cell" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,329, issued on July 15, was assigned to Phoenix Tailings Inc. (Woburn, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for feeding solid material and a gas into an electrolytic cell" was invented by Thomas Anthony Villalon Jr. (Boston) and Richard Robert Salvucci (Quincy, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for feeding solid material and a gas into a container (e.g., electrolytic cell) are generally described. Certain methods comprise feeding solid material and a gas into an electrolytic cell through an inlet; wherein: the gas comprises an inert gas; and the inlet is positioned, relative to an anode of the electrolytic cell, within...