Patents by Inventor Jesse DuPont

Jesse DuPont has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Direct lithium extraction compositions and methods
    Patent number: 12285740
    Abstract: Sorbent compositions for direct lithium extraction (DLE). The sorbent compositions include a lithiated aluminum component and an inorganic binder, and are in the form of shaped particles. The lithiated aluminum component makes up about 50% w/w to about 90% w/w of the sorbent compositions, whereas the binder makes up about 10% w/w to about 50% w/w of the sorbent compositions. Processes for producing the sorbent compositions are also provided, as are methods of using the sorbent compositions for DLE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jesse DuPont, Keyur Shah, Sumitra Karki, Charles Wesley Hamilton
  • PROCESSES FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM VALUES FROM LITHIUM-CONTAINING BRINES
    Publication number: 20240375972
    Abstract: Producing high purity lithium solution from a source brine containing at least 1 mg Li/kg brine, preferably 10 mg/kg, more preferably 25 mg Li/kg brine; treating the source brine, if necessary in pretreatment steps; processing the treated brine in a lithium adsorption step; after the adsorption step, desorbing the adsorbed lithium in a desorption step; after the desorption step, treating the desorption effluent in an enrichment step. Specified optional steps and new features can be used to increase lithium concentrations and purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse DuPont, Jeffrey Ross LeBlanc, Keyur Shah, Sameer Talreja