US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on Nov. 25 for "Separation of elements using polyoxometalates and cations" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,735, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Separation of elements using polyoxometalates and cations" was invented by Gauthier Deblonde (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes forming a solution comprising a solvent and at least two elements selected from: scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), one or more lanthanides, and one or more actinides. The method includes adding an effective amount of at least one polyoxometalate for forming complexes with at least one of the elements and adding an effective amount of a cation for causing precipitation of at least ...