US Patent Issued to Aquatech International on Aug. 11 for "Method for improving lithium yield in a direct lithium extraction process" (Canadian, British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,987, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Aquatech International LLC (Canonsburg, Pa.).

"Method for improving lithium yield in a direct lithium extraction process" was invented by Constantine Collias (Ontario, Canada), Daniel Travis Shay (Chadds Ford, Pa.) and Mohamed Yehia Areef (Middlesbrough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a method and apparatus for improving lithium yield of lithium lithium-selective media in one or more packed-bed columns in a direct lithium extraction process. The method comprises the steps of a) passing the lithium-selective media and a stream of process fluid through a screening...