ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,312, issued on March 24, was assigned to ECOWAND IP B.V. (Nieuw-Amsterdam, Netherlands).

"Wall element, wall and building as well as method for construction" was invented by Johannes Jacobus Douwes (Nieuw-Amsterdam, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wall element for manufacturing a wall of a building, comprising: a substantially planar shell (4) having a peripheral edge, the shell comprising casting mortar (G); one or more profiles (14, 16) at least partially embedded in the shell (4) and provided with at least one joining surface positioned outside the shell when viewed from a shell surface, each of the profiles (14, 16) b...