ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,642, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Methods for extracting lithium from brines" was invented by Peng Lu (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Pan Luo (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for extracting lithium from brines may include evaporating at least a portion of a brine using a number of one or more solar evaporation ponds to form a first slurry. A first solid may be separated from the first slurry and combined with an amount of a first precipitation additive to form a second slurry. A first liquid may be separated from the second slurry and at least a port...