US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research on March 31 for "Treated cement materials and methods" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,032, issued on March 31, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Treated cement materials and methods" was invented by Prasanth Alapati (Atlanta) and Kimberly E. Kurtis (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are thermodynamically stable cement systems comprising a curing agent mixed with a CAC. The curing agent can be hydrophilic to attract bound water. In such a manner, the addition of the curing agent can treat the CAC. The treated material can then be cured to form a thermodynamically stable cement material. The curing agent can comprise a natural fiber material that comprises cellulose. Alternat...