US Patent Issued to UT-Battelle, All American Lithium on Jan. 20 for "Lithium extraction composite for recovery of lithium from brines, and process of using said composition" (Tennessee, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,056, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and All American Lithium LLC (Brawley, Calif.).

"Lithium extraction composite for recovery of lithium from brines, and process of using said composition" was invented by Ramesh R. Bhave (Knoxville, Tenn.), Stephen Harrison (Benicia, Calif.), Bruce A. Moyer (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and M. Parans Paranthaman (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium extraction composite comprising: (i) a porous support and (ii) particles of a lithium-selective sorbent material coated on at least one surface of the support, wherein the support has a planar membrane, fi...