US Patent Issued to LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO on June 30 for "Materials and methods for increasing gold recovery from leachate solutions" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,854, issued on June 30, was assigned to LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO LLC (Solon, Ohio).

"Materials and methods for increasing gold recovery from leachate solutions" was invented by Gabriela Knesel (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention provides safe, environmentally-friendly compositions and efficient methods for extracting impurities from gold ore. More specifically, the subject invention provides compositions derived from microorganisms for pre-leaching treatments of gold ore, which can be used for reducing carbonaceous material in gold ore."

The patent was filed on April 19, 2023, under Application No. 18/252,4...