US Patent Issued on Oct. 6 for "Mining collectors" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,286, issued on Oct. 6.

"Mining collectors" was invented by Thomas Daly (Arlington Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A family of mining collectors and surfactants that uses alkoxylates allows for the easy adjustment of solubility and molecular weight useful because anionic and cationic mineral collectors require such varying degrees of solubility and molecular weight. The family of the present invention allows for the optimization of both parameters and an increase in collector efficiency."

The patent was filed on June 23, 2022, under Application No. 17/847,963.

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