C22B 21/0069
From scrap, skimmings or any secondary source aluminium
Official title: {from scrap, skimmings or any secondary source aluminium, e.g. recovery of alloy constituents (C22B21/0046, C22B21/0053 and C22B21/0092 take precedence)}
C22B21/0069 (From scrap, skimmings or any secondary source aluminium) appears on 189 US grants and 139 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C22B- Granted patents
- 189
- Published applications
- 139
- Assignees
- 142
- Inventors
- 422
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Enhanced dross feedstock29 Sep 2026US 12,747,485 B2Novelis Inc.
- Processing methods and processing apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,703,895 B2Altek Europe Limited
- Aluminum alloy-based effervescent tablet for producing enhanced heat transfer suspensions2 Jun 2026US 12,644,165 B1Kuwait University
- Method of recycling a structure or at least a portion thereof, and component for an aircraft or spacecraft2 Dec 2025US 12,485,482 B2Airbus SAS
- Processing methods and processing apparatus26 Aug 2025US 12,398,442 B2Altek Europe Limited
- Integrated devices for drying organic solid wastes and extracting metals and methods thereof9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193540 A1Harbin Normal University
- Non-destructive method of recycling secondary battery electrode materials using plasma process8 Jan 2026US 2026/0011804 A1Korea Institute of Energy Technology
- Separating black mass from broken batteries4 Dec 2025US 2025/0372743 A1Ace Green Recycling Inc.
- Lithium-containing slag and method for producing valuable metal6 Nov 2025US 2025/0343289 A1Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
- Energy efficient salt-free recovery of metal from dross23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327150 A1Pyrogenesis Canada Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Liquid carton waste material recycling process and apparatus for recycling liquid carton waste material38US 6,401,635 B1Corenso United Oy Ltd. · 2002
- Metal recovery process from aluminum dross32US 4,386,956 AThe Anaconda Company · 1983
- Method of treating spent potliner material from aluminum reduction cells32US 5,723,097 AGoldendale Aluminum Company · 1998
- Method of applying marking to metal sheet for scrap sorting purposes32US 6,412,642 B2Alcan International Limited · 2002
- Salt cake processing method and apparatus31US 4,073,644 AAlumax Mill Products, Inc. · 1978