US Patent Issued on Dec. 23 for "Building block for constructing a building and method for constructing a building" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,844, issued on Dec. 23.

"Building block for constructing a building and method for constructing a building" was invented by Laurent Noca (Hauterives, France) and Francois Cochet (Barraux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building block for construction of a building includes a floor and walls. One of the walls includes a recess box. The walls are fixed to the floor and to one another. The floor includes a support made from wood-concrete and defines grooves. A metal armature formed by a plurality of metal rods is arranged in the grooves. At least first metal rods are salient from the ends of the first grooves. A concrete fills ...