ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,421, issued on June 23, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).
"Slag-based hydraulic binder, dry mortar composition comprising same and system for activating a slag-based binder" was invented by Anne Daubresse (Saint Quentin Fallavier, France), Etienne Gueret (Lyons, France), Virginie Perret (Saint Julien de l'Herms, France) and Melanie Lechevalier (Villefontaine, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic binder including (in % by dry weight); A. at least 50 of at least one ground and granulated blast-furnace slag; B. more than 5 of at least one calcium aluminate cement and/or of at least one calcium sulfoalu...