ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,756, issued on June 17.

"Pumps configured for use with viscous materials containing aggregate" was invented by Behrokh Khoshnevis (Marina del Rey, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump that includes a rotatable shaft, a material driving apparatus mounted to the rotatable shaft, as well as a conduit in which the rotatable shaft as well as the material driving apparatus are contained, wherein the pump is capable of reliably pumping viscous material through and out of the conduit."

The patent was filed on Oct. 4, 2021, under Application No. 18/030,044.

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