Patents by Inventor Nicolas LAROCHE

Nicolas LAROCHE 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).

  • Publication number: 20240068113
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for treating an electromembrane process aqueous composition comprising sodium and/or potassium sulfate, said process comprising removing water from said electromembrane process aqueous composition under conditions suitable for substantially selectively precipitating sodium and/or potassium sulfate monohydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Nicolas LAROCHE, Gary PEARSE, Stephen Charles MACKIE, Mykolas GLADKOVAS, Peter SYMONS, J. David GENDERS, Geneviève CLAYTON, Pierre BOUCHARD
  • Publication number: 20230410847
    Abstract: A method for connecting a plurality of remotely located users over a shared environment. The method includes the steps of loading, by a first user, a first data sample to a shared sequencer, which is converted to a base64 string. The base64 string is part of a JUCE library code. The converted first data sample is converted to a compressed data sample and a plurality of messages is converted by splitting the compressed data sample into 65k byte chunks having therein a portion of metadata. The messages are prioritized from low priority to high priority and queued for sorting. Finally, the sorted messages are sent to a server. The server has a defined studio identification. The server routes the sorted messages to the studio for caching. The cached messages are added to one or more of the remotely located second users' message queues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandre Turbide, Nicolas Laroche
  • Publication number: 20230159348
    Abstract: A process for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum. The process comprises: reacting a metal sulfate comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (iii) at least one metal chosen from manganese and aluminum with sodium hydroxide and optionally a chelating agent in order to obtain a solid comprising the metal hydroxide and a liquid comprising sodium sulfate; separating the liquid and the solid from one another to obtain the metal hydroxide; submitting the liquid comprising sodium sulfate to an electromembrane process for converting the sodium sulfate into sodium hydroxide; and reusing the sodium hydroxide obtained by the electromembrane process for reacting with the metal sulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Guy BOURASSA, Jean-François MAGNAN, Nicolas LAROCHE, Thomas BIBIENNE, Mathieu CHARBONNEAU, Mickaël DOLLÉ
  • Publication number: 20230080642
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for treating an electromembrane process aqueous composition comprising sodium and/or potassium sulfate, said process comprising removing water from said electromembrane process aqueous composition under conditions suitable for substantially selectively precipitating sodium and/or potassium sulfate monohydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Nicolas LAROCHE, Gary PEARSE, Stephen Charles MACKIE, Mykolas GLADKOVAS, Peter SYMONS, J. David GENDERS, Geneviève CLAYTON, Pierre BOUCHARD
  • Patent number: 11542175
    Abstract: There are provided processes for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum, the process comprising: reacting a metal sulfate comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum with lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide and optionally a chelating agent in order to obtain a solid comprising the metal hydroxide and a liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate; separating the liquid and the solid from one another to obtain the metal hydroxide; submitting the liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate to an electromembrane process for converting the lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate into lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide respectively; reusing the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Guy Bourassa, Jean-François Magnan, Nicolas Laroche, Thomas Bibienne, Mathieu Charbonneau, Mickaël Dollé
  • Patent number: 11519081
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for extracting lithium from a lithium-containing material. For example, the method can comprise leaching a roasted lithium-containing material under conditions suitable to obtain an aqueous composition comprising a lithium compound such as lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate. The aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can optionally be used, for example, in a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process. The roasted lithium-containing material can be prepared, for example by a method which uses an aqueous composition comprising optionally lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate which can be obtained from a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process such as a two-compartment monopolar or bipolar electrolysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François Magnan, Guy Bourassa, Nicolas Laroche, Gary Pearse, Stephen Charles Mackie, Mykolas Gladkovas, Peter Symons, J. David Genders, Geneviève Clayton, Pierre Bouchard
  • Publication number: 20220242746
    Abstract: There are provided processes for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium, copper, magnesium and aluminum, the process comprising: reacting a metal sulfate comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium, copper, magnesium and aluminum with lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide and optionally a chelating agent in order to obtain a solid comprising the metal hydroxide and a liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate; separating the liquid and the solid from one another to obtain the metal hydroxide; submitting the liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate to an electromembrane process for converting the lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate into lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Thomas BIBIENNE, Nicolas LAROCHE, Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Mathieu CHARBONNEAU, Mickaël DOLLÉ, David DEAK
  • Publication number: 20220032207
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for treating an aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and sulfuric acid. The processes comprise evaporatively crystallizing the aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and sulfuric acid under conditions to obtain crystals of lithium sulfate monohydrate and a lithium sulfate-reduced solution; and optionally separating the crystals of the lithium sulfate monohydrate from the lithium sulfate-reduced solution. The processes optionally further comprise concentrating the lithium sulfate-reduced solution under conditions to obtain an acidic condensate and a concentrate comprising sulfuric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Nicolas LAROCHE, Bertin OUELLET, Clive BRERETON, Steven BUCHI, Tsuki NAKA
  • Publication number: 20220002168
    Abstract: There are provided processes for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum, the process comprising: reacting a metal sulfate comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum with lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide and optionally a chelating agent in order to obtain a solid comprising the metal hydroxide and a liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate; separating the liquid and the solid from one another to obtain the metal hydroxide; submitting the liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate to an electromembrane process for converting the lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate into lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide respectively; reusing the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Guy BOURASSA, Jean-François MAGNAN, Nicolas LAROCHE, Thomas BIBIENNE, Mathieu CHARBONNEAU, Mickaël DOLLÉ
  • Publication number: 20210363648
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for extracting lithium from a lithium-containing material. For example, the method can comprise leaching a roasted lithium-containing material under conditions suitable to obtain an aqueous composition comprising a lithium compound such as lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate. The aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can optionally be used, for example, in a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process. The roasted lithium-containing material can be prepared, for example by a method which uses an aqueous composition comprising optionally lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate which can be obtained from a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process such as a two-compartment monopolar or bipolar electrolysis process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Nicolas LAROCHE, Gary PEARSE, Stephen Charles MACKIE, Mykolas GLADKOVAS, Peter SYMONS, J. David GENDERS, Geneviève CLAYTON, Pierre BOUCHARD
  • Patent number: 11142466
    Abstract: There are provided processes for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum, the process comprising: reacting a metal sulfate comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum with lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide and optionally a chelating agent in order to obtain a solid comprising the metal hydroxide and a liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate; separating the liquid and the solid from one another to obtain the metal hydroxide; submitting the liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate to an electromembrane process for converting the lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate into lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide respectively; reusing the sodi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Guy Bourassa, Jean-François Magnan, Nicolas Laroche, Thomas Bibienne, Mathieu Charbonneau, Mickaël Dollé
  • Patent number: 11083978
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for treating an aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and sulfuric acid. The processes comprise evaporatively crystallizing the aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and sulfuric acid under conditions to obtain crystals of lithium sulfate monohydrate and a lithium sulfate-reduced solution; and optionally separating the crystals of the lithium sulfate monohydrate from the lithium sulfate-reduced solution. The processes optionally further comprise concentrating the lithium sulfate-reduced solution under conditions to obtain an acidic condensate and a concentrate comprising sulfuric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François Magnan, Guy Bourassa, Nicolas Laroche, Bertin Ouellet, Clive Brereton, Steven Buchi, Tsuki Naka
  • Patent number: 11085121
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for extracting lithium from a lithium-containing material. For example, the method can comprise leaching a roasted lithium-containing material under conditions suitable to obtain an aqueous composition comprising a lithium compound such as lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate. The aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can optionally be used, for example, in a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process. The roasted lithium-containing material can be prepared, for example by a method which uses an aqueous composition comprising optionally lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate which can be obtained from a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process such as a two-compartment monopolar or bipolar electrolysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François Magnan, Guy Bourassa, Nicolas Laroche, Gary Pearse, Stephen Charles Mackie, Mykolas Gladkovas, Peter Symons, J. David Genders, Geneviève Clayton, Pierre Bouchard
  • Publication number: 20200407237
    Abstract: There are provided processes for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum, the process comprising reacting a metal sulfate comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium and aluminum with lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide and optionally a chelating agent in order to obtain a solid comprising the metal hydroxide and a liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate: separating the liquid and the solid from one another to obtain the metal hydroxide; submitting the liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate to an electromembrane process for converting the lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate into lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide respectively; reusing the sodiu
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Guy BOURASSA, Jean-François MAGNAN, Nicolas LAROCHE, Thomas BIBIENNE, Mathieu CHARBONNEAU, Mickaël DOLLÉ
  • Publication number: 20200376409
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for treating an aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and sulfuric acid. The processes comprise evaporatively crystallizing the aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and sulfuric acid under conditions to obtain crystals of lithium sulfate monohydrate and a lithium sulfate-reduced solution; and optionally separating the crystals of the lithium sulfate monohydrate from the lithium sulfate-reduced solution. The processes optionally further comprise concentrating the lithium sulfate-reduced solution under conditions to obtain an acidic condensate and a concentrate comprising sulfuric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Nemaska Lithium Inc
    Inventors: Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Nicolas LAROCHE, Bertin OUELLET, Clive BRERETON, Steven BUCHI, Tsuki NAKA
  • Publication number: 20200115807
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for extracting lithium from a lithium-containing material. For example, the method can comprise leaching a roasted lithium-containing material under conditions suitable to obtain an aqueous composition comprising a lithium compound such as lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate. The aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can optionally be used, for example, in a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process. The roasted lithium-containing material can be prepared, for example by a method which uses an aqueous composition comprising optionally lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate which can be obtained from a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process such as a two-compartment monopolar or bipolar electrolysis process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Nicolas LAROCHE, Gary PEARSE, Stephen Charles MACKIE, Mykolas GLADKOVAS, Peter SYMONS, J. David GENDERS, Geneviève CLAYTON, Pierre BOUCHARD
  • Patent number: 10597305
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for preparing lithium hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François Magnan, Guy Bourassa, Nicolas Laroche, Gary Pearse, Stephen Charles Mackie, Mykolas Gladkovas, Peter Symons, J. David Genders, Geneviève Clayton, Pierre Bouchard, Bertin Ouellet
  • Patent number: 10544512
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for extracting lithium from a lithium-containing material. For example, the method can comprise leaching a roasted lithium-containing material under conditions suitable to obtain an aqueous composition comprising a lithium compound such as lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate. The aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can optionally be used, for example, in a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process. The roasted lithium-containing material can be prepared, for example by a method which uses an aqueous composition comprising optionally lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate which can be obtained from a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process such as a two-compartment monopolar or bipolar electrolysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
    Inventors: Jean-François Magnan, Guy Bourassa, Nicolas Laroche, Gary Pearse, Stephen Charles Mackie, Mykolas Gladkovas, Peter Symons, J. David Genders, Geneviève Clayton, Pierre Bouchard
  • Publication number: 20180244531
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for preparing lithium hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Nicolas LAROCHE, Gary PEARSE, Stephen Charles MACKIE, Mykolas GLADKOVAS, Peter SYMONS, J. David GENDERS, Geneviève CLAYTON, Pierre BOUCHARD, Bertin OUELLET
  • Publication number: 20170022617
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for extracting lithium from a lithium-containing material. For example, the method can comprise leaching a roasted lithium-containing material under conditions suitable to obtain an aqueous composition comprising a lithium compound such as lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate. The aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can optionally be used, for example, in a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process. The roasted lithium-containing material can be prepared, for example by a method which uses an aqueous composition comprising optionally lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate which can be obtained from a method for preparing lithium hydroxide comprising an electromembrane process such as a two-compartment monopolar or bipolar electrolysis process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Nicolas LAROCHE, Gary PEARSE, Stephen Charles MACKIE, Mykolas GLADKOVAS, Peter SYMONS, J. David GENDERS, Geneviève CLAYTON, Pierre BOUCHARD