ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,993, issued on July 21, was assigned to International Battery Metals Ltd (Houston).
"Sorbent for lithium extraction from brines" was invented by John L. Burba (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions for extracting lithium from a brine, methods for utilizing compositions for extracting lithium from a brine, and/or methods for preparing a composition for extracting lithium from a brine. For example, a composition may include lithium aluminum hydroxide crystals having a crystal structure of a plurality of hexagonal sheets. In some instances, each of the plurality of hexagonal sheets includes one or more...