ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,446, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GOOD EARTH IP HOLDINGS LLC (Peoria, Ariz.).

"Separation of minerals by gas injection" was invented by Jody G. Robbins (Phoenix), Luke Seed (Cardiff, Calif.), Leonard Fraitag (San Diego) and Jaime Cohen (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for separating a mineral from a clay using a gas injection module includes a solution tank configured to receive a supersaturated solution including at least one mineral. The system also includes a gas injection module in fluid communication with the solution tank and configured to receive at least a portion of the supersaturated solution...