ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,228, issued on July 14, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"System and method for the removal of non-process elements from electrostatic precipitator ashes in a kraft pulp process" was invented by Oliveira Araujo (Miraflores, Portugal), Philippe Campo (Bagneux, France), Bruno Alban (Bagneux, France) and Bruno Veiga (Arruda, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a system and a method for the removal of non-process elements, such as K+ or Cl-, from electrostatic precipitator ashes in a kraft pulp process comprising the ad...