US Patent Issued to LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION on July 28 for "Methods of sequestering target elements" (California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,185, issued on July 28, was assigned to LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Livermore, Calif.) and THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pa.).

"Methods of sequestering target elements" was invented by Gauthier Deblonde (Livermore, Calif.), Yongqin Jiao (Livermore, Calif.), Dan McFarland Park (Livermore, Calif.), Joseph Anthony Mattocks (University Park, Pa.) and Joseph Alfred Cotruvo Jr. (University Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of sequestering target elements (e.g., rare earth elements and/or radiometals) from a sample, methods of purifying target elements from samples, pha...