ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,512, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to VERDEEN CHEMICALS INC. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Electrolyzer with horizontal cathode" was invented by Vipin Tyagi (Bellevue, Wash.), Amol Harishchandra Naik (Mumbai, India), Bhaskar Gopal Krishna (Ghaziabad, India), Dhurvender Kumar (Ghaziabad, India) and Nishchay Chadha (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an electrolyzer comprising a horizontal cathode located below a suspended anode for purposes of performing electrolysis on metal-bearing mixtures or solutions. The horizontal cathode may comprise the bottom surface of a compartment for containing a mixture or solution o...