ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,164, issued on March 17, was assigned to IMERTECH SAS (Paris).

"Dry particulate compositions for the formation of geopolymers, a process for forming geopolymers and the geopolymers obtained as a result" was invented by Alexandre Autef (Saint Victurnien, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns dry particulate compositions for forming a geopolymer, comprising an aluminosilicate containing mineral, a polymeric additive, an alkali metal silicate, and an alkali metal hydroxide. The invention concerns processes of making geopolymers, the geopolymers, as well as the use of the dry particulate compositions in the format...