# US 12,763,391 B2 · Method for operating production plants based on recycled material > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,763,391 B2 - Document ID: US12763391B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/848,393 - Filed: 2023-03-17 - Published: 2025-06-26 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-18 - Assignees: BASF SE - Applicants: BASF SE - Inventors: Dennis Haardt; Henning Schwabe; Uwe Wolf; Henrik Faelsch; Yannick Karsten Pinger; Martin Binder; Gabriele Eckardt; Adrian Von Muehlenen; Holger Kai Peter Jelich - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12763391B2 ## CPC - H01M 10/54: Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators - G05B 15/02: electric - G05B 19/4183: {characterised by data acquisition, e.g. workpiece identification} - G06Q 10/0631: Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations - G06Q 10/0639: Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations - G06Q 10/30: Administration of product recycling or disposal - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for providing plant assignment data usable for processing recycled material, the method comprising the steps of: providing one or more recycled material identifier(s) and corresponding recycled material data associated with the recycled material; determining at least one plant identifier associated with a plant for processing the recycled material as provided by recycled material data; providing plant assignment data comprising the at least one plant identifier and related recycled material identifier(s). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method for operating a recycling process for processing recycled material, the method comprising the steps of: providing one or more recycled material identifier(s) and corresponding recycled material data associated with the recycled material; determining at least one plant identifier associated with a plant for processing the recycled material as provided by recycled material data, including processing the recycled material data by at least one of (i) classification according to classification instructions providing material processing data associated with one or more material configuration(s) processable or to be processed by one or more plants, and (ii) matching the at least one recycled material identifier and the at least one plant identifier based on operation data, wherein the operation data is provided by computer-executable instructions executing in an at least partially decentral computing environment, the computer-executable instructions being configured to access the operation data of the plant based on the plant identifier, wherein the operation data includes static data relating to general specifications of the plant or dynamic data relating to current specifications of the plant; providing plant assignment data comprising the at least one plant identifier and related recycled material identifier(s); and operating the recycling process by: providing the plant assignment data to a plant operation system; and based on the plant assignment data and associated recycled material data, generating and providing one or more plant operation instructions that, when executed by the plant operation system, cause the plant operation system to monitor and/or control plant operations by monitoring and/or controlling a feed of recycled material to the plant, including providing a composition of the feed based on the plant assignment data and the associated recycled material data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the recycled material comprises material provided by recycling products or at least components of products. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the recycled material identifier relates to one or more material identifier package(s) relating product identifiers according to at least one material configuration that is processable or to be processed by at least one recycling plant. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the recycled material identifier relates to one or more product identifier(s) and corresponding material configuration data of the products recycled to provide the recycled material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the recycled material identifier relates to a material identifier package and corresponding material composition data associated with the recycled material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of providing the operation data associated with at least one operation property of the plant, wherein determining the at least one plant identifier includes selecting the plant identifier associated with the plant suitable for processing the recycled material associated with the recycled material data and/or the recycled material identifiers based on the operation data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the at least one plant identifier includes classification by the classification instructions providing the material processing data associated with the one or more material configuration(s) processable or to be processed by at least one plant, the classification instructions being stored in the at least partially decentral computing environment and executable by the computer-executable instructions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the at least one plant identifier includes matching the at least one recycled material identifier and the at least one plant identifier based on a quantity related to an amount of the recycled material and plant capacity data related to a capacity of the at least one plant, the plant capacity data being part of the operation data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the at least one plant identifier includes matching of the at least one recycled material identifier and the at least one plant identifier based on process data associated with one or more recycling process(es) and/or material processing data associated with at least one material configuration processable or to be processed by the at least one plant, the process data and/or the material processing data being part of the operation data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the recycled material data associated with the recycled material is provided by a decentral computing node associated with one or more recycling system(s), wherein the operation data is provided by a decentral computing node associated with one or more plant(s) and/or one or more recycling system(s), the decentral computing nodes forming at least part of the at least partially decentral computing environment. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of providing transport and/or storing instructions based on the plant assignment data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising using recycled material that is associated with the at least one recycled material identifier generated in the method of claim 1. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the recycled material is provided by recycling at least one component of a battery, the method further comprising generating transporting, storing and/or recycling instructions based on the plant assignment data generated in the method of claim 1 and providing the transporting, storing and/or recycling instructions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing material location data associated with recycled material based on the recycled material identifier and plant location data based on the plant identifier, and determining transport instructions based on collection point data and the plant location data, wherein one or more transport route(s) are determined from the collection point data and the plant location data. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining storing instructions based on the operation data, including capacity data and a quantity relating to the amount of recycled material from products or components with one or more material configuration(s) processable or to be processed by at least one plant. ### Claim 16 An apparatus for operating a recycling process for processing recycled material, the apparatus comprising: one or more computing nodes; and one or more computer-readable media having thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by the one or more computing nodes, cause the apparatus to perform the following steps: providing one or more recycled material identifier(s) and corresponding recycled material data associated with the recycled material; determining at least one plant identifier associated with a plant for processing the recycled material as provided by recycled material data, including processing the recycled material data by at least one of (i) classification according to classification instructions providing material processing data associated with one or more material configuration(s) processable or to be processed by one or more plants, and (ii) matching the at least one recycled material identifier and the at least one plant identifier based on operation data, wherein the operation data is provided by computer-executable instructions executing in an at least partially decentral computing environment, the computer-executable instructions being configured to access the operation data of the plant based on the plant identifier, wherein the operation data includes static data relating to general specifications of the plant or dynamic data relating to current specifications of the plant; providing plant assignment data comprising the at least one plant identifier and related recycled material identifier(s); and operating the recycling process by: providing the plant assignment data to a plant operation system; and based on the plant assignment data and associated recycled material data, generating and providing one or more plant operation instructions that, when executed by the plant operation system, cause the plant operation system to monitor and/or control plant operations by monitoring and/or controlling a feed of recycled material to the plant, including providing a composition of the feed based on the plant assignment data and the associated recycled material data. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a computing environment, cause the computing environment to perform operations for operating a recycling process for processing recycled material, the operations comprising: (a) providing one or more recycled material identifier(s) and corresponding recycled material data associated with the recycled material; (b) determining at least one plant identifier associated with a plant for processing the recycled material as provided by the recycled material data, including processing the recycled material data by at least one of: (i) classification according to classification instructions providing material processing data associated with one or more material configuration(s) processable or to be processed by one or more plants; and (ii) matching the at least one recycled material identifier and the at least one plant identifier based on operation data, wherein the operation data is provided by computer-executable instructions executing in an at least partially decentral computing environment, the computer-executable instructions being configured to access the operation data of the plant based on the plant identifier, and wherein the operation data includes static data relating to general specifications of the plant or dynamic data relating to current specifications of the plant; (c) providing plant assignment data comprising the at least one plant identifier and related recycled material identifier(s); and (d) operating the recycling process by providing, to a plant operation system, the plant assignment data and, based on the plant assignment data and associated recycled material data, generating and providing one or more plant operation instructions that, when executed by the plant operation system, cause the plant operation system to monitor and/or control plant operations by monitoring and/or controlling a feed of recycled material to the plant, including providing a composition of the feed based on the plant assignment data and the associated recycled material data.