ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. RE50,392, issued on April 22, was assigned to TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia).
"Separating mined material" was invented by John Clarence Box (Perth, Australia) and Carly Louise Painter (Perth, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of separating a mined material that comprises assessing the grade of successive segments of the mined material, and separating each segment on the basis of grade into a category that is at or above a grade threshold or a category that is below the grade threshold. An apparatus is also disclosed."
The patent was filed on Feb. 16, 2022, under Application No. 17/672,753.
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