ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,992, issued on July 8, was assigned to Austin Concrete LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Imprinting film for a building material and system and method for use of same" was invented by Robert Northrup (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imprinting film for a building material, and a system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the imprinting film, a transparent film has first and second imprinting states. In the first imprinting state, a first side of the transparent film includes a pigment photomask defining an image and a second side includes a mold receiving surface. In the second imprinting state, the ...