ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,966, issued on May 12, was assigned to Sika Technology AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Ternary hydraulic binder composition" was invented by Christina Kraemer (Augsburg, Germany), Alexander Dressen (Augsburg, Germany), Wilhelm Fuetterer (Augsburg, Germany), Stephan Rudolf (Augsburg, Germany), Guenter Goth (Augsburg, Germany), Torsten Mueller (Augsburg, Germany), Yvonne Schaepers (Augsburg, Germany), Alexander Ehle (Augsburg, Germany), Ulrich Baeurle (Augsburg, Germany) and Werner Stohr (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ternary hydraulic binder composition including the mineralogical compound C4A3$ (ye'elimite) and a member ...