US Patent Issued to XERION ADVANCED BATTERY on June 23 for "Methods for extracting lithium from spodumene" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,745, issued on June 23, was assigned to XERION ADVANCED BATTERY CORP. (Kettering, Ohio).

"Methods for extracting lithium from spodumene" was invented by Chadd Kiggins (Dayton, Ohio), John Cook (Beavercreek, Ohio), Mehmet Nurullah Ates (Kettering, Ohio), John Busbee (Beavercreek, Ohio) and Brian Lee (Beavercreek, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for extracting lithium metal ions from a lithium containing ore such as spodumene or lithium salts are provided. The lithium ore or salt is suspended in a hydroxide salt or eutectic and heated to produce a molten salt suspension that is used to electroplate lithiated tra...