ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,978, issued on June 3, was assigned to Sichuan Jiarui Technology Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China).
"Sealed cobalt leaching device, reagent for cobalt leaching, method using device, use of method" was invented by Yu Zheng (Chongqing, China), Nian Liu (Jiangsu, China), Lijuan Cao (Hebei, China) and Weiming Li (Hubei, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a sealed cobalt leaching device, a reagent for the cobalt leaching, a method using the device, and use of the method. The sealed cobalt leaching device includes a base, where a top of the base is provided with a first groove; a chemical solution holding tool is provided above the ...