ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,638, issued on July 21, was assigned to ECOCEM MATERIALS Ltd. (Dublin), ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE PARIS-SACLAY (Gif sur Yvette, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS- (Paris), Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Toulouse (Toulouse Cedex, France) and UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III (Toulouse, France).

"Binder composition comprising pozzolanic material and fine filler" was invented by Laurent Frouin (Paris), Roberta Alfani (Dublin), Tanya Gutsalenko (Paris), Thomas Wattez (Paris), Mohend Chaouche (Gif sur Yvette, France) and Martin Cyr (Toulouse Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binder co...