ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,075, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Saint-Gobain Placo (Courbevoie, France).

"Wet accelerator, a method of preparing a wet accelerator and a method of producing a gypsum product" was invented by Benoit Montigny (Courbevoie, France), Christine Nguyen (Courbevoie, France) and Charlotte Catteau (Courbevoie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present invention, there is provided a wet accelerator for use in the manufacture of a gypsum product, said wet accelerator comprising water, particles of calcium sulphate dihydrate and a stabiliser. Additionally, a method of preparing a wet accelerator and a method of produc...