US Patent Issued to TERRALITHIUM on May 12 for "Methods for removing potassium, rubidium, and cesium, selectively or in combination, from brines and resulting compositions thereof" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,911, issued on May 12, was assigned to TERRALITHIUM LLC (Houston).

"Methods for removing potassium, rubidium, and cesium, selectively or in combination, from brines and resulting compositions thereof" was invented by Stephen Harrison (Benicia, Calif.), C.V. Krishnamohan Sharma (Milpitas, Calif.), Raghunandan Bhakta (Sainikpuri, India) and Pei-Yu Lan (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention generally relates to methods of removing potassium, rubidium, and/or cesium, selectively or in combination, from brines using tetrafluoroborates. Also disclosed are methods of producing potassium, rubidium, and/or cesium chlo...