ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,662, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ECOCEM MATERIALS Ltd. (Eastpoint Dublin, Ireland), ECOLE NORMALE SUPRERIEURE PARIS-SACLAY (Gif sur Yvette, France), ENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS (Paris), INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEEES DE TOULOUSE (Toulouse, France) and UNIVERSITE PAUL SABTIER TOULOUSE III (Toulouse, France).

"Binder composition comprising fine filler and fine ground granulated blast furnace slag" was invented by Erisa Myrtja (Paris), Artur Kiiashko (Paris), Laurent Frouin (Paris), Martin Cyr (Toulouse Cedex, France) and Mohend Chaouche (Gif sur Yvette, France).

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