US Patent Issued to University of Utah Research Foundation on Oct. 27 for "Selective approach to separate and concentrate rare earth elements" (American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,678, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Selective approach to separate and concentrate rare earth elements" was invented by Prashant K. Sarswat (Salt Lake City), Joel K. Ilunga (Salt Lake City), Michael L. Free (Salt Lake City) and Yogendra K. Mishra (Sonderborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Preparation and use of specialized nanoparticles containing tetrapods/graphene/metal organic frameworks, which are very effective at separating rare earth elements. Such methods and systems can be used for separating neodymium (Nd), Dysprosium (Dy), Praseodymium (Pr) and other RE...