US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS on Dec. 30 for "Stoichiometric recovery of UF4 from UF6 dissolved in ionic liquids" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,359, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS (Las Vegas).

"Stoichiometric recovery of UF4 from UF6 dissolved in ionic liquids" was invented by David W. Hatchett (Las Vegas) and Cassara J. Higgins (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods for recovering uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) from uranium hexafluoride (UF6) by directly dissolving UF6 in ionic liquids and recovering UF4, which can be processed to obtain UO2 (s) or uranium metal."

The patent was filed on March 5, 2021, under Application No. 17/795,...