ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,282, issued on March 18, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).
"Lithium metal recovery and synthesis" was invented by Patricia Anne Ignacio de Leon (Westmont, Ill.), John N. Hryn (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.), Li Tang (Bolingbrook, Ill.), Edward F. Barry (Chicago) and Daniel Yoav Arenas (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process and system for creating a lithium ion anolyte from lithium alloys. Metal and lithium alloys are processed to remove the metal with lithium from the alloy remaining. A lithium ion anolyte formed may be used in a process to form lithium metal. Alternatively, a process and system for recovering lithiu...