ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,651, issued on March 18.
"Method of manufacturing recycled asphaltic and asphaltic limestone powder pellets and shapes through densification" was invented by Jonathon Daniel Horton (Barrington, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to manufacturing briquettes, pellets and shapes from recycled asphaltic limestone powder derived from waste residential roofing products. Briquettes and pellets are manufactured through a densification process at varying temperatures, creating recycled asphalt pellets, asphalt limestone pellets and bio mass and coal fines briquettes. Various shapes, including curbs and posts, are manu...