US Patent Issued to University of Oregon on Aug. 18 for "Electrochemical cell and process for producing metal and chlorine gas" (Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,814, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to University of Oregon (Eugene, Ore.).

"Electrochemical cell and process for producing metal and chlorine gas" was invented by Paul Kempler (Eugene, Ore.), Shannon W. Boettcher (Eugene, Ore.) and Berkley B. Noble (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell for producing metal and chlorine from metal ore and a metal chloride includes a cathode, an anode, and a separator. A catholyte includes (i) water, (ii) a metal hydroxide comprising Q, where Q is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or a combination thereof, and (iii) suspended metal ore particles comprising MxO...