Processing hard rock lithium minerals or other materials to produce lithium materials and byproducts converted from a sodium sulfate intermediate product
US-2024425381-A1 · Dec 26, 2024 · US
Obtaining lithium
Obtaining lithium · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.
Related technology areas
Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| CPC code | C22B26/12 |
| Official title | Obtaining lithium |
| Display label | Obtaining lithium |
| Total patents | 613 |
Filing trend
Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.
Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly growing.
| Year | Patents |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2020 | 29 |
| 2021 | 35 |
| 2022 | 59 |
| 2023 | 99 |
| 2024 | 141 |
| 2025 | 133 |
| 2026 | 47 |
Representative patents
Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.
Lithium recovery thermal management
US-2024336490-A1 · Oct 10, 2024 · US
Lithium ion battery recycling process utilizing magnetic separation of electrode materials
US-2024047775-A1 · Feb 8, 2024 · US
Method of extracting lithium, method of preparing lithium carbonate and method of preparing lithium hydroxide
US-11873228-B2 · Jan 16, 2024 · US
Method for acid dissolution of LiCoO2 contained in spent lithium-ion batteries
US-10490866-B2 · Nov 26, 2019 · US
Process for the recovery of lithium
US-2019292629-A1 · Sep 26, 2019 · US
Lithium extraction composite for recovery of lithium from brines, and process of using said composition
US-2019275473-A1 · Sep 12, 2019 · US
Process for smelting lithium-ion batteries
US-10326182-B2 · Jun 18, 2019 · US
Concentrating lithium carbonate after regeneration of lithium sorbent
US-2019134607-A1 · May 9, 2019 · US
Composition for recovery of lithium from brines, and process of using said composition
US-10266915-B2 · Apr 23, 2019 · US
Lithium-rich metallurgical slag
US-2019032171-A1 · Jan 31, 2019 · US
Process for recycling li-ion batteries
US-10164302-B2 · Dec 25, 2018 · US
METHOD FOR ACID DISSOLUTION OF LiCoO2 CONTAINED IN SPENT LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
US-2018309174-A1 · Oct 25, 2018 · US
Onshore lithium-recovering apparatus for lithium ion adsorption and desorption process and lithium-recovering method using the same
US-2018280831-A1 · Oct 4, 2018 · US
Underwater holding-type lithium recovering apparatus and method thererof
US-10087083-B2 · Oct 2, 2018 · US
Method and apparatus for recycling lithium iron phosphate batteries
US-2018261894-A1 · Sep 13, 2018 · US
Processes for recovering lithium values from lithium-containing brines
US-2018245180-A1 · Aug 30, 2018 · US
Method for extraction of lithium from lithium bearing solution
US-10017838-B2 · Jul 10, 2018 · US
Method for extracting lithium from solution containing lithium
US-9994931-B2 · Jun 12, 2018 · US
Method for removing copper from lithium ion battery scrap and method for recovering metals
US-2018087127-A1 · Mar 29, 2018 · US
Frequently asked questions
Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.
- What is CPC C22B26/12?
- CPC C22B26/12 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Obtaining lithium.”
- How many patents are filed under CPC C22B26/12 (Obtaining lithium)?
- Our database includes 613 publications tagged with this CPC code.
- Is patent activity under CPC C22B26/12 growing?
- Publication counts under this code: 141 in 2024 vs 133 in 2025 (latest complete years).