ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,250, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SNF GROUP (Andrezieux-Boutheon, France).

"Method for inserting clays in hydraulic compositions intended for the construction industry" was invented by Thomas Boursier (Andrezieux, France), Julien Mesnager (Andrezieux, France), Frederic Blondel (Andrezieux, France), Cedrick Favero (Andrezieux, France) and Johann Kieffer (Andrezieux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for inerting clays in hydraulic compositions intended for construction purposes, said method comprising a step of adding to the hydraulic composition or to one of its constituents at leas...