US Patent Issued to William Marsh Rice University on Aug. 11 for "Ultrafast flash joule heating synthesis methods and systems for performing same" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,891, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to William Marsh Rice University (Houston).

"Ultrafast flash joule heating synthesis methods and systems for performing same" was invented by James M. Tour (Houston) and Bing Deng (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultrafast flash Joule heating synthesis methods and systems, and more particularly, ultrafast synthesis methods to recover metal from ores, fly ash, and bauxite residue (red mud)."

The patent was filed on Sept. 24, 2021, under Application No. 18/246,460.

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