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 Nov. 11 for "Lithium recovery from lithium salts dissolved in ionic liquids" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,152, issued on Nov. 11, 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).

"Lithium recovery from lithium salts 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 lithium metal, lithium hydride, or lithium hydroxide from lithium salts by dissolving the lithium salt in ionic liquids and applying a current to the solution."

The patent was filed on March 5, 2021, under Application No. 17/795,646.

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