Mineral separation using sized-, weight- or magnetic-based polymer bubbles or beads

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11117141
APP PUB NO 20180200730A1
SERIAL NO

15794327

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Apparatus for use in, or forming part of, a separation process to be implemented in separation processor technology, the apparatus comprising synthetic bubbles or beads configured with a polymer or polymer-based material functionalized to attach to a valuable material in a mixture so as to form an enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto, and also configured to be separated from the mixture based at least partly on a difference in a physical property between the enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto and the mixture.

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  • CIDRA CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Adamson, Douglas H Mansfield Center, US 34 315
Didden, Francis K Wallingford, US 17 89
Fernald, Mark R Enfield, US 98 1828
Kersey, Alan D South Glastonbury, US 185 4641
O'Keefe, Christian V Durham, US 21 548
Rothman, Paul J Windsor, US 44 119

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