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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Method for producing a PGM collector alloy
- Patent number 12,060,624
- Issue date Aug 13, 2024
- Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Regina Dittrich
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method, apparatus and system for processing a composite waste source
- Patent number 11,884,992
- Issue date Jan 30, 2024
- Newsouth Innovations Pty Limited
- Veena Sahajwalla
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method for the recovery of platinum group metals from catalysts com...
- Patent number 11,879,164
- Issue date Jan 23, 2024
- Umicore
- Dirk Crauwels
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method for recovering platinum group metals
- Patent number 11,866,802
- Issue date Jan 9, 2024
- Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd.
- Minoru Kawasaki
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method for gold recovery and extraction from electronic waste or go...
- Patent number 11,718,893
- Issue date Aug 8, 2023
- Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
- Igor Lubomirsky
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Process and apparatus for roasting of metal sulfide concentrates an...
- Patent number 11,649,523
- Issue date May 16, 2023
- Metso Outotec Finland Oy
- Jochen Güntner
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method for platinum group metals recovery from spent catalysts
- Patent number 11,473,168
- Issue date Oct 18, 2022
- Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
- Igor Lubomirsky
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Comprehensive recovery method of pyrolysis polymetallic product fro...
- Patent number 11,447,846
- Issue date Sep 20, 2022
- Beijing University of Technology
- Dean Pan
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Extraction methods from refractory ores
- Patent number 11,401,578
- Issue date Aug 2, 2022
- TCM RESEARCH LTD.
- Dmitri S. Terekhov
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Cyclone underflow scavengering process using enhanced mineral separ...
- Patent number 11,066,725
- Issue date Jul 20, 2021
- CiDRA CORPORATE SERVICES LLC
- Paul J. Rothman
- B03 - SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES O...
Information Patent Grant
Method for recovering gold
- Patent number 10,907,237
- Issue date Feb 2, 2021
- Outotec (Finland) Oy
- Mari Lundström
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Process and device for burn-off of precious metal-containing materials
- Patent number 10,724,116
- Issue date Jul 28, 2020
- Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Horst Meyer
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Process for the recovery of precious metal from petrochemical proce...
- Patent number 10,662,500
- Issue date May 26, 2020
- Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Brian Peters
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for retrieving valuable metals step by step fr...
- Patent number 10,655,198
- Issue date May 19, 2020
- Zhancheng Guo
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Jacketed rotary converter and PGM converting process
- Patent number 10,648,059
- Issue date May 12, 2020
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C21 - METALLURGY OF IRON
Information Patent Grant
Centrifuge collection of minerals in flowing water
- Patent number 10,603,678
- Issue date Mar 31, 2020
- Kenneth M Klyne
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
PGM converting process with staged slagging
- Patent number 10,513,750
- Issue date Dec 24, 2019
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Integrated PGM converting process
- Patent number 10,513,751
- Issue date Dec 24, 2019
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Converting process with slag separation and recycle
- Patent number 10,501,823
- Issue date Dec 10, 2019
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method of selective extraction of platinoids, from a support contai...
- Patent number 10,494,695
- Issue date Dec 3, 2019
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Frédéric Goettmann
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
Information Patent Grant
Converting process with partial pre-oxidation of PGM collector alloy
- Patent number 10,472,700
- Issue date Nov 12, 2019
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Low-flux converting process for PGM collector alloy
- Patent number 10,435,767
- Issue date Oct 8, 2019
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Process for the incineration of activated coal-supported PGM catalysts
- Patent number 10,393,374
- Issue date Aug 27, 2019
- HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND & GMBH & CO. KG
- Brian Peters
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Process for the production of a PGM-enriched alloy
- Patent number 10,323,302
- Issue date Jun 18, 2019
- Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Felix Stoffner
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Process for the production of a PGM-enriched alloy
- Patent number 10,202,669
- Issue date Feb 12, 2019
- Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Norbert Ritschel
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Process for extracting noble metals from anode slime
- Patent number 10,106,868
- Issue date Oct 23, 2018
- Yanggu Xiangguang Copper CO., Ltd
- Songlin Zhou
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Solvent-free syntheses of silver products produced thereby
- Patent number 9,982,322
- Issue date May 29, 2018
- Corning Incorporated
- Benedict Yorke Johnson
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
Information Patent Grant
Method of fabricating conductive thin film
- Patent number 9,966,168
- Issue date May 8, 2018
- NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
- Chang-Shu Kuo
- B44 - DECORATIVE ARTS
Information Patent Grant
Procedure for efficient recovery of diamonds, gold from tailings
- Patent number 9,855,563
- Issue date Jan 2, 2018
- Claudio Sasso
- B07 - SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS SORTING
Information Patent Grant
Method for recovering ruthenium from spent ruthenium-based catalyst...
- Patent number 9,758,844
- Issue date Sep 12, 2017
- Wuhan Kaidi Engineering Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Bo Lai
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR DECOMPOSING SIC OR SIC-CONTAINING MATERIALS
- Publication number 20240351016
- Publication date Oct 24, 2024
- ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH
- Henrik FRANZ
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR RECOVERING IRON AND VALUABLE METALS FROM ELECTRIC ARC FU...
- Publication number 20240327936
- Publication date Oct 3, 2024
- KOREA ZINC CO., LTD.
- Heon Sik CHOI
- C21 - METALLURGY OF IRON
Information Patent Application
METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A COMPOSITE WASTE SOURCE
- Publication number 20240247335
- Publication date Jul 25, 2024
- NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
- Veena Sahajwalla
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
HIGH-EFFICIENCY GOLD RECOVERY BY ADDITIVE-INDUCED SUPRAMOLECULAR PO...
- Publication number 20240247336
- Publication date Jul 25, 2024
- Northwestern University
- Huang Wu
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
NOBLE METAL ADSORBENT, METHOD FOR RECOVERING NOBLE METAL, AND METHO...
- Publication number 20240150866
- Publication date May 9, 2024
- DIC CORPORATION
- Seiji Mizuta
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF GOLD BY NIACIN
- Publication number 20240018624
- Publication date Jan 18, 2024
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
- Pradeep THALAPPIL
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
ULTRAFAST FLASH JOULE HEATING SYNTHESIS METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PER...
- Publication number 20230374623
- Publication date Nov 23, 2023
- William Marsh Rice University
- James M. Tour
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
ULTRAFAST FLASH JOULE HEATING SYNTHESIS METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PER...
- Publication number 20230357885
- Publication date Nov 9, 2023
- William Marsh Rice University
- James M. Tour
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PLATINUM-GROUP METAL RECOVERY METHOD, COMPOSITION CONTAINING PLATIN...
- Publication number 20230083521
- Publication date Mar 16, 2023
- UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI
- Takashi OKADA
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR RECOVERING PLATINUM GROUP METALS
- Publication number 20230045764
- Publication date Feb 9, 2023
- DOWA METALS & MINING CO., LTD.
- Minoru KAWASAKI
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR THE RECOVERY OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS FROM CATALYSTS COM...
- Publication number 20230034873
- Publication date Feb 2, 2023
- Umicore
- Dirk CRAUWELS
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PROCESSING GOLD-CONTAINING ORES
- Publication number 20220349024
- Publication date Nov 3, 2022
- Newcrest Mining Limited
- John O'CALLAGHAN
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR RECOVERING PGM
- Publication number 20220259697
- Publication date Aug 18, 2022
- Waseda University
- Keiichi SUGAWARA
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
Comprehensive Recovery Method Of Pyrolysis Polymetallic Product Fro...
- Publication number 20220205063
- Publication date Jun 30, 2022
- BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Dean Pan
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PGM CONVERTING PROCESS AND JACKETED ROTARY CONVERTER
- Publication number 20220177999
- Publication date Jun 9, 2022
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C21 - METALLURGY OF IRON
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PGM COLLECTOR ALLOY
- Publication number 20220154306
- Publication date May 19, 2022
- Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Regina Dittrich
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR BREAKING DOWN A MIXTURE OF SOLID PARTICLES COMPRISING RU...
- Publication number 20220119915
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Martin Stettner
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
Method for Recovering Gold, Silver and Platinum Metals from Compone...
- Publication number 20210310098
- Publication date Oct 7, 2021
- ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
- Torsten Trossmann
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
A METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A COMPOSITE WASTE SOURCE
- Publication number 20210189520
- Publication date Jun 24, 2021
- NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
- Veena Sahajwalla
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR GOLD RECOVERY AND EXTRACTION FROM ELECTRONIC WASTE OR GO...
- Publication number 20200332391
- Publication date Oct 22, 2020
- Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
- Igor LUBOMIRSKY
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING OF MATERIALS THAT CONSTITUTE...
- Publication number 20200318218
- Publication date Oct 8, 2020
- HYDROGEN ONSITE, S.L.
- David Alfredo PACHECO TANAKA
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
EXTRACTION METHODS FROM REFRACTORY ORES
- Publication number 20200056260
- Publication date Feb 20, 2020
- TCM Research Ltd.
- Dmitri S. Terekhov
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ROASTING OF METAL SULFIDE CONCENTRATES AN...
- Publication number 20200010924
- Publication date Jan 9, 2020
- OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
- Jochen GÜNTNER
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
CYCLONE UNDERFLOW SCAVENGERING PROCESS USING ENHANCED MINERAL SEPAR...
- Publication number 20190390298
- Publication date Dec 26, 2019
- CiDRA CORPORATE SERVICES LLC
- Paul J. ROTHMAN
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
Converting Process with Slag Separation and Recycle
- Publication number 20190338393
- Publication date Nov 7, 2019
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
Integrated PGM Converting Process
- Publication number 20190338392
- Publication date Nov 7, 2019
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PGM Converting Process with Staged Slagging
- Publication number 20190338391
- Publication date Nov 7, 2019
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PLATINUM GROUP METALS RECOVERY FROM SPENT CATALYSTS
- Publication number 20190256948
- Publication date Aug 22, 2019
- YE DA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
- Igor LUBOMIRSKY
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
Low-Flux Converting Process for PGM Collector Alloy
- Publication number 20190256949
- Publication date Aug 22, 2019
- Techemet, LP
- Edward W. Albrecht
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF PRECIOUS METAL FROM PETROCHEMICAL PROCE...
- Publication number 20190226053
- Publication date Jul 25, 2019
- Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Brian Peters
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Method for producing a PGM collector alloy

Method, apparatus and system for processing a composite waste source

Method for the recovery of platinum group metals from catalysts com...

Method for recovering platinum group metals

Method for gold recovery and extraction from electronic waste or go...

Process and apparatus for roasting of metal sulfide concentrates an...

Method for platinum group metals recovery from spent catalysts

Comprehensive recovery method of pyrolysis polymetallic product fro...

Extraction methods from refractory ores

Cyclone underflow scavengering process using enhanced mineral separ...

Method for recovering gold

Process and device for burn-off of precious metal-containing materials

Process for the recovery of precious metal from petrochemical proce...

Method and apparatus for retrieving valuable metals step by step fr...

Jacketed rotary converter and PGM converting process

Centrifuge collection of minerals in flowing water

PGM converting process with staged slagging

Integrated PGM converting process

Converting process with slag separation and recycle

Method of selective extraction of platinoids, from a support contai...

Converting process with partial pre-oxidation of PGM collector alloy

Low-flux converting process for PGM collector alloy

Process for the incineration of activated coal-supported PGM catalysts

Process for the production of a PGM-enriched alloy

Process for the production of a PGM-enriched alloy

Process for extracting noble metals from anode slime

Solvent-free syntheses of silver products produced thereby

Method of fabricating conductive thin film

Procedure for efficient recovery of diamonds, gold from tailings

Method for recovering ruthenium from spent ruthenium-based catalyst...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

PROCESS FOR DECOMPOSING SIC OR SIC-CONTAINING MATERIALS

METHOD FOR RECOVERING IRON AND VALUABLE METALS FROM ELECTRIC ARC FU...

METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A COMPOSITE WASTE SOURCE

HIGH-EFFICIENCY GOLD RECOVERY BY ADDITIVE-INDUCED SUPRAMOLECULAR PO...

NOBLE METAL ADSORBENT, METHOD FOR RECOVERING NOBLE METAL, AND METHO...

METHOD FOR SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF GOLD BY NIACIN

ULTRAFAST FLASH JOULE HEATING SYNTHESIS METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PER...

ULTRAFAST FLASH JOULE HEATING SYNTHESIS METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PER...

PLATINUM-GROUP METAL RECOVERY METHOD, COMPOSITION CONTAINING PLATIN...

METHOD FOR RECOVERING PLATINUM GROUP METALS

METHOD FOR THE RECOVERY OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS FROM CATALYSTS COM...

PROCESSING GOLD-CONTAINING ORES

METHOD FOR RECOVERING PGM

Comprehensive Recovery Method Of Pyrolysis Polymetallic Product Fro...

PGM CONVERTING PROCESS AND JACKETED ROTARY CONVERTER

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PGM COLLECTOR ALLOY

METHOD FOR BREAKING DOWN A MIXTURE OF SOLID PARTICLES COMPRISING RU...

Method for Recovering Gold, Silver and Platinum Metals from Compone...

A METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A COMPOSITE WASTE SOURCE

METHOD FOR GOLD RECOVERY AND EXTRACTION FROM ELECTRONIC WASTE OR GO...

PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING OF MATERIALS THAT CONSTITUTE...

EXTRACTION METHODS FROM REFRACTORY ORES

PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ROASTING OF METAL SULFIDE CONCENTRATES AN...

CYCLONE UNDERFLOW SCAVENGERING PROCESS USING ENHANCED MINERAL SEPAR...

Converting Process with Slag Separation and Recycle

Integrated PGM Converting Process

PGM Converting Process with Staged Slagging

METHOD FOR PLATINUM GROUP METALS RECOVERY FROM SPENT CATALYSTS

Low-Flux Converting Process for PGM Collector Alloy

PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF PRECIOUS METAL FROM PETROCHEMICAL PROCE...