MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517041386 A) filed by King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 29, for 'sand treatment method and system for concrete applications.'

Inventor(s) include Bavykina Anastasiya; Colom Juan Manuel; Gascon Jorge; and Mcdonough William.

The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A sand aggregate (180) includes plural aggregate grains (182), wherein at least one aggregate grain (182) of the plural aggregate grains (182) includes, desert sand grains (120) that are too small to be used in concrete applicat...