US Patent Issued to SHINE Technologies on Feb. 3 for "Phase change system and phase change crucible for the separation of rare earth elements" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,371, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SHINE Technologies LLC (Janesville, Wis.).

"Phase change system and phase change crucible for the separation of rare earth elements" was invented by Eric Van Abel (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Tim Vaughan (Madison, Wis.), Charles Shackett (Madison, Wis.), Zach Childs (Madison, Wis.), Shawn Underhill (Beloit, Wis.), Matthew Szymski (Monona, Wis.) and Kenny Kearney (Verona, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase change crucible that includes an inner chamber comprising an inner chamber wall extending from an inner chamber floor to an inner chamber upper end, an outer chamber comprising an outer chamber...