ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,738, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CARBONCURE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Dartmouth, Canada).

"Methods and compositions for treatment of concrete wash water" was invented by George Sean Monkman (Halifax, Canada), Paul J. Sandberg (Venice, Fla.), Kevin Cail (Sarasota, Fla.), Dean Paul Forgeron (Hacketts Cove, Canada) and Mark Macdonald (Sackville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides methods and compositions for treating wash water from concrete production with carbon dioxide. The treated wash water can be reused as mix water in fresh batches of concrete."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2023, under Application N...