ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,885, issued on April 21, was assigned to GUANGDONG BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Foshan, China), HUNAN BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Changsha, China) and HUNAN BRUNP EV RECYCLING Co. LTD. (Changsha, China).

"Method for efficiently removing fluorine from spent lithium battery" was invented by Shibao Ouyang (Foshan, China), Changdong Li (Foshan, China), Yanchao Qiao (Foshan, China), Ruokui Chen (Foshan, China), Dingshan Ruan (Foshan, China) and Yong Cai (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for efficiently removing fluorine from a spent lithium battery. The method comprises: mixing aluminum ...