EP3167099A4 - Producing lithium - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP3167099A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: producing lithium; lithium; producing
Prior art date: 2013-07-10
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

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EP15819217.9A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP3167099A1 (en

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Lawrence Ralph Swonger

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Alpha EN Corp

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Clean Lithium Corp

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2013-07-10

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2015-07-09

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2018-03-21

2015-07-09 Application filed by Clean Lithium Corp filed Critical Clean Lithium Corp

2017-05-17 Publication of EP3167099A1 publication Critical patent/EP3167099A1/en

2018-03-21 Publication of EP3167099A4 publication Critical patent/EP3167099A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C1/00—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions
- C25C1/02—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions of light metals
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C7/00—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells; Servicing or operating of cells
- C25C7/007—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells; Servicing or operating of cells of cells comprising at least a movable electrode
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C7/00—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells; Servicing or operating of cells
- C25C7/04—Diaphragms; Spacing elements
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries

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EP15819217.9A 2013-07-10 2015-07-09 Producing lithium Withdrawn EP3167099A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201361844482P	2013-07-10	2013-07-10
US14/328,613 US20150014184A1 (en)	2013-07-10	2014-07-10	Producing lithium
PCT/US2015/039768 WO2016007761A1 (en)	2013-07-10	2015-07-09	Producing lithium

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Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3167099A1 EP3167099A1 (en)	2017-05-17
EP3167099A4 true EP3167099A4 (en)	2018-03-21

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Country Status (8)

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US (2)	US20150014184A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP3167099A4 (en)
JP (2)	JP6866289B2 (en)
KR (1)	KR20170028424A (en)
CN (1)	CN106574386A (en)
AU (1)	AU2015287769B2 (en)
CA (1)	CA2954639A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2016007761A1 (en)

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