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Sorting of plastics

US11969764B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

SORTERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC · US

Inventors

Nalin Kumar · Austin, US
Manuel Gerardo Garcia, JR. · Lexington, US
Isha Kamleshbhai Maun · Arlington, US
Jeffrey A. Lacey · Idaho Falls, US
Lorenzo J. Vega Montoto · Idaho Falls, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB07C2501/0054
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Systems and methods for classifying and sorting of plastic materials utilizing a vision system and one or more sensor systems, which may implement a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which may then be sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification.

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