ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,913, issued on May 12, was assigned to ILIAD IP COMPANY LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Process for selective adsorption and recovery of lithium from natural and synthetic brines" was invented by Charles R. Marston (Midland, Mich.) and Michael J. Garska (Calipatria, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates generally to a process for selective adsorption and recovery of lithium from natural and synthetic brines, and more particular to a process for recovering lithium from a natural or synthetic brine solution by passing the brine solution through a lithium selective adsorbent in a continuous countercurrent adsorption and d...