US Patent Issued to ACM Chemistries on April 15 for "Separator beads for manufactured concrete products" (Georgia, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,570, issued on April 15, was assigned to ACM Chemistries Inc. (Norcross, Ga.).

"Separator beads for manufactured concrete products" was invented by Matthew Oesterle (Flowery Branch, Ga.), Craig Walloch (Peachtree Corners, Ga.), Marshall L. Brown (Berkeley Lake, Ga.), Ted Light (Suwanee, Ga.) and Dean Jurik (Mesick, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator bead is disclosed for separating layers of manufactured concrete products, wherein the separator bead is characterized in that: the separator bead is preferably fabricated from a biodegradable bead material; the separator bead is configured with a thickness selected from 2 mm...