ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,987, issued on June 17, was assigned to Guangdong University of Technology (Guangzhou, China).

"Method for improving deformability of cementitious composite by using polyethylene terephthalate powder" was invented by Jiaxiang Lin (Guangzhou, China), Ruihao Luo (Guangzhou, China), Jiashi Wu (Guangzhou, China), Minna Dong (Guangzhou, China), Liuyi Liu (Guangzhou, China), Zhiying Zhou (Guangzhou, China), Jinghui Lyu (Guangzhou, China), Guowei Ruan (Guangzhou, China) and Yongchang Guo (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for improving deformability of a cementitious composite by using PET powder is provided. The aggr...