US Patent Issued to CEMVITA FACTORY on May 26 for "Process for extracting a metal of interest from a mineral substrate" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,734, issued on May 26, was assigned to CEMVITA FACTORY INC. (Houston).

"Process for extracting a metal of interest from a mineral substrate" was invented by Rachel R. Rubin (Houston), James G. Floyd (Houston), Marina Nadal (Houston), Marny Reakes (Houston), Jesse Colangelo-Lillis (Houston) and Cansu Floyd (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for extracting a metal of interest from a mineral substrate comprising: 1) providing a mineral substrate containing a metal of interest, 2) contacting the mineral substrate with a leaching medium comprising a pH reducing microorganism and/or an acid or proton produced by a pH reducing ...