ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,641, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).
"Methods for the recovery of rare earth elements" was invented by Chin-Min Cheng (Columbus, Ohio), Tarunjit Butalia (Dublin, Ohio), Jeffrey Bielicki (Columbus, Ohio) and John Lenhart (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods recovering rare earth elements (REEs) from a solution containing one or more REEs. These methods can comprise contacting an aqueous solution comprising one or more rare earth elements (REEs) with a solid sequestration media (e.g., a stabilized flue gas desulfurization (sFGD) material, or a s...