ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,396, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to BRETON S.P.A. (Castello di Godego, Italy).
"Process for the manufacture of articles made of conglomerate material" was invented by Luca Toncelli (Bassano del Grappa, Italy), Fabio Bassetto (Bolzano Vicentino, Italy) and Stefano Zeggio (Castagnole di Paese, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of articles made of conglomerate material, more particularly in the form of slabs or blocks, starting from a mixture comprising an optionally expanded granulate of stone material or lithoid material, and a binder based on a resin obtained from ...