ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,785, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to American Battery Technology Co. (Reno, Nev.).

"Compositions and systems for selective lithium leaching and related methods" was invented by Ryan Mitchell Melsert (Reno, Nev.) and Jiajia Meng (Newark, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions, systems, and methods for selectively leaching and/or extracting lithium from sedimentary deposits and other resources are generally described."

The patent was filed on Sept. 23, 2022, under Application No. 17/952,154.

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