ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,483, issued on Oct. 28.

"Method for manufacturing articles in the form of a slab or block with a hardening binder, and articles thus obtained" was invented by Luca Toncelli (Bassano del Grappa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for manufacturing articles in the form of a slab or block, obtained by means of a procedure during which an initial mix including aggregates and a binder undergo vacuum vibro-compression followed by a step involving hardening of the binder, the aggregates include synthetic aggregates and fillers with a hardness greater than or equal to 5 Mohs, which contain silicon dioxide substantially only in ...