US Patent Issued to New Village Initiative on March 25 for "Hybrid structural polymer-binder composite construction and paving material" (Iowa, Minnesota, Florida, Missouri, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,293, issued on March 25, was assigned to New Village Initiative LLC (Orlando, Fla.).

"Hybrid structural polymer-binder composite construction and paving material" was invented by Gary Beeman (Park Rapids, Minn.), Andrew T. LaCroix (Kirkwood, Mo.), Donald Russell (Oakland, Fla.), Michael Yonker (Waukee, Iowa) and Mark D. Beeman (Sandpoint, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid additive for use in construction materials such as asphalt and concrete is disclosed. The additive includes pellets formed of a plastic or polymer material, and one or more of fibers, pozzolans, nano-carbon tubes, glass, recycled asphalt shingles (RAS),...