ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,675, issued on Feb. 17.
"Method, apparatus, and system for producing silicon-containing product by utilizing silicon mud byproduct of cutting silicon material with diamond wire" was invented by Xi Chu (Mounds View, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a method, a equipment and a system for producing a silicon-containing products by using a silicon sludge which is produced by a diamond wire cutting silicon material. The method of the present application mainly utilizes a high oxide layer on the surface of a silicon waste particle produced during diamond wire cutting. The characteristics are such that t...