ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,207, issued on April 7, was assigned to J&P Invesco LLC (Schertz, Texas).
"Compositions and methods of utilizing recycled glass in backfill compositions" was invented by Stanley R. Peters (Castle Rock, Colo.), Paul A. Karam (San Antonio) and George C. Geal III (Parker, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and methods relating to fine aggregate for a Controlled Low-Strength Material (CLSM) recycled from a consumer waste stream of bottle glass. Such disclosed compositions may be advantageous, for example, for backfilling trenches in street cuts for utility repairs or new utility installations, such as ...