ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,292, issued on March 25, was assigned to NEMASKA LITHIUM INC. (Montreal, Canada).

"Aluminosilicates, related processes and uses thereof as supplementary cementing materials" was invented by Jean-Francois Magnan (Neuville, Canada) and David-Nicolas Allen (Trois-Rivieres, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure concerns an aluminosilicate having a Blaine fineness of about 500 m2/kg to about 3000 m2/kg and/or a specific surface area of about 4 m2/g to about 20 m2/g, as well as the uses thereof. The present disclosure also comprises a dry cementing composition and a mortar or concrete composition, the compositions c...