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Patent No.:

US 12000016 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2018

Environmentally-friendly compositions and methods for extracting minerals and metals from ore

Applicant:

Locus Solutions Ipco, Llc, Solon, OH (US);

Inventors:

Sean Farmer, North Miami Beach, FL (US);

Ken Alibek, Solon, OH (US);

Samal Ibragimova, Solon, OH (US);

Assignee:

LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC, Solon, OH (US);

Attorney:

SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD & EISENSCHENK

Primary Examiner:

Melissa S Swain

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 3/18 (2006.01); C12N 1/16 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C22B 3/00 (2006.01); C22B 3/02 (2006.01); C22B 11/00 (2006.01); C22B 15/00 (2006.01); C22B 19/20 (2006.01); C22B 26/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 3/18 (2013.01); C12N 1/16 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C22B 3/02 (2013.01); C22B 11/042 (2013.01); C22B 15/0065 (2013.01); C22B 19/20 (2013.01); C22B 23/0407 (2013.01); C22B 26/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject invention provides safe, environmentally-friendly, compositions and methods for extracting minerals and/or metals from ore. More specifically, the subject invention provides for bioleaching using a composition comprising one or more biosurfactant-producing microorganisms and/or microbial growth by-products. In specific embodiments, the composition comprises biosurfactant-producing yeasts and/or their growth by-products.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Farmer, Sean. (2024). Environmentally-friendly compositions and methods for extracting minerals and metals from ore (U.S. Patent No. 12000016). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12000016

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