ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,583, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ASSOCIACAO CECOLAB-COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY TOWARDS CIRCULAR ECONOMY (Lagares OHP, Portugal) and ASSOCIACAO BLC3-CAMPUS DE TECNOLOGIA E INOVACAO (Lagares OHP, Portugal).

"Masonry system" was invented by Joao Miguel Dos Santos Almeida Nunes (Coimbra, Portugal), Joao Manuel Nunes Pereira Cid Teles (Oliveira Do Hospital, Portugal) and Jorge Almiro Barcelo Caldeira Pinto Paiva (Lisbon, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A masonry system having a primary masonry unit with final coating and thermal and acoustic insulation, with several derivations. The masonry system guarantees the constructio...