ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,250, issued on March 31, was assigned to Redivius Inc. (Jeffersonville, Ind.).

"System and method for separating bitumen from shingle powder" was invented by William Lovell Lawrence (Louisville, Ky.), Edward Merrel Brownlee (Louisville, Ky.), Alexander Bennett Hoekstra (Louisville, Ky.), Michael Thomas Earl (Jeffersonville, Ind.) and Jonathon Daniel Horton (Barrington, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for separating bitumen from shingle powder includes: a blender; a solvent tank in fluid communication with the blender; a water tank in fluid communication with the blender; a decanting tank in fluid communication with the ...