ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,396, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Qingdao, China).

"Use of silane composite emulsion as anti-cracking enhancer" was invented by Shaochun Li (Qingdao, China), Shilin Xu (Qingdao, China), Ang Liu (Qingdao, China), Yongjuan Geng (Qingdao, China), Dongshuai Hou (Qingdao, China), Ruiyong Zhang (Qingdao, China), Zuquan Jin (Qingdao, China) and Song Gao (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is the use of a silane composite emulsion as an anti-cracking enhancer in a cement-based material. In the present disclosure, active groups on an isobutyltriethoxysilane molecule react with hydrox...