US Patent Issued to Washington State University on April 7 for "Masonry material utilizing recycled construction and demolition waste" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,208, issued on April 7, was assigned to Washington State University (Pullman, Wash.).

"Masonry material utilizing recycled construction and demolition waste" was invented by Taiji Miyasaki (Pullman, Wash.) and David Drake (Pullman, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments herein are directed to dry wall waste mixtures, formed under pressure into example embodiments referred to herein as dry wall waste blocks (DWBs) and/or gypsum wallboard waste blocks (GWWBs) and tile structures. DWBs/GWWBs mixtures in particular, often incorporate a higher percentage in the composite mixtures from about 60% up to 85% of dry wall waste th...