ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,147, issued on May 13, was assigned to RECIPITA LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Systems and methods for moisture conditioning aggregate with an alkaline compound" was invented by Marie D. Jackson (Salt Lake City), Philip F. Brune (Parkland, Fla.) and Thomas Adams (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The described systems, methods, and compositions relate to systems, methods, and compositions for forming one or more cementitious materials that cure into one or more mortars and/or concretes. More particularly, some embodiments relate to systems, methods, and compositions for forming cured mortars and/or concretes that tend to have an incr...