ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,327, issued on Oct. 21.

"Cement production" was invented by Elise Berodier (Lausanne, Switzerland), Nathan A. Tregger (Northborough, Mass.), Josephine H. Cheung (Lexington, Mass.), David F. Myers (Somerville, Mass.), Li Zhang (North Hills, Calif.), Dorota Kazmierczak (Acton, Mass.), Lawrence R. Roberts (Acton, Mass.), Denise A. Silva (Los Alamitos, Calif.), Richard Sibbick (Northborough, Mass.), Jeffrey Thomas (Winchester, Mass.), Mark F. Roberts (North Andover, Mass.), Riccardo Stoppa (Milan) and Elizabeth Burns (Windham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method and system for manufacturing cement ...