US Patent Issued to Pavement Technology on Dec. 23 for "Method of dispersing anatase titanium dioxide for penetration in concrete structures to reduce pollutants" (California, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,408, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Pavement Technology Inc. (Westlake, Ohio).

"Method of dispersing anatase titanium dioxide for penetration in concrete structures to reduce pollutants" was invented by Colin Durante (Mansfield, Ohio) and Craig Higgins (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for embedding photocatalytic titanium dioxide in concrete surfaces to reduce pollutants via photocatalytic reactions are provided herein. One method includes mixing a solvent compound with an anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalyst, applying an amount of concrete treatment compound to an upper surface of the concrete, the conc...