US Patent Issued to GCP Applied Technologies on Oct. 14 for "Non-hydration strength in cementitious compositions" (American, Australian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,658, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Non-hydration strength in cementitious compositions" was invented by Byong-Wa Chung (Honolulu), Nathan A. Tregger (Northborough, Mass.), Elise Berodier (Lausanne, Switzerland), Elizabeth Burns (Windham, N.H.), Ernie Rocha (Merrimack, N.H.), Ezgi Wilson (Sydney) and Mark F. Roberts (North Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are compositions and methods for controlled strength development in a hydratable cementitious material, and more particularly to the use of polymerizable monomer components, which are initiated and activated b...