ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,304, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to IHI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Metal recovery material, and method for recovering metal from solution including metal ion or metal complex ion" was invented by Yasuyuki Fukushima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal recovery material contains a blue-green alga of the genus Leptolyngbya."

The patent was filed on Aug. 25, 2022, under Application No. 18/685,955.

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