ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,563, issued on July 1, was assigned to CARBICRETE INC. (Montreal).

"Method of manufacturing concrete products including post-hardening treatment" was invented by Mehrdad Mahoutian (Montreal, Canada) and Hucheng Qi (London, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a concrete product includes mixing a composition including a binder, an aggregate, and water to produce a concrete mixture, and imparting a form to the concrete mixture to provide a formed intermediate. The formed intermediate is carbon cured to obtain a cured intermediate. A post-hardening treatment to the cured intermediate is done by exposing the cur...