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US2957576A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Recovery of molybdenite by flotation

Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Co
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Filing: 1958-03-07
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Granted: 1960-10-25
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Expires: 1978-03-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Harry B Henderson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 08:27
CPC Classifications
B; B03; B03D; B03D1/00; B03D1/001; B03D1/018; B03D1/002; B03D1/004; B03D1/016; B03D1/0046; B03D2203/00; B03D2203/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 104 words
A PROCESS FOR RECOVERING MOLYDENITE FROM A FLOTATION CONCENTRATE CONTAINING COPPER SULFIDE AND MOLYBDINITE WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECING AN AQUEOUS PULP OF THE CONCENTRATE TO FROTH FLOATION IN THE PRESENCE OF A FROTHING AGENT, FROM 0.1 TO 0.5 POUND PER TON OF CONCENTRATE OF AN AQUEOUS EMULSION CONTAINING FROM 5 TO 30 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF A DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE HAVING A VISCOSITY OF AT LEAST 200 CVENTIPOISES AT 25*C., AND FROM 2 TO 5 POUNDS PER TON OF CONCENTRATE OF AN INORGANIC COMPOUND OF AN ELEMENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PHOSPHORUS, ARSENIC, AND ANTIMONY, SAID INORGANIC COMPOUND CONTAINING BIVALENT SULFUR AND AN INORGANIC CATION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 104 words
A PROCESS FOR RECOVERING MOLYDENITE FROM A FLOTATION CONCENTRATE CONTAINING COPPER SULFIDE AND MOLYBDINITE WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECING AN AQUEOUS PULP OF THE CONCENTRATE TO FROTH FLOATION IN THE PRESENCE OF A FROTHING AGENT, FROM 0.1 TO 0.5 POUND PER TON OF CONCENTRATE OF AN AQUEOUS EMULSION CONTAINING FROM 5 TO 30 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF A DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE HAVING A VISCOSITY OF AT LEAST 200 CVENTIPOISES AT 25*C., AND FROM 2 TO 5 POUNDS PER TON OF CONCENTRATE OF AN INORGANIC COMPOUND OF AN ELEMENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PHOSPHORUS, ARSENIC, AND ANTIMONY, SAID INORGANIC COMPOUND CONTAINING BIVALENT SULFUR AND AN INORGANIC CATION.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US2811255A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1963-10-25 1964-04-25 1964-10-25 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1967-10-25 1968-04-25 1968-10-25 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1971-10-25 1972-04-25 1972-10-25 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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