ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,272, issued on May 27, was assigned to SEBASTOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Low-density high-strength concrete and related methods" was invented by Randall L. Byrd (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-density, high-strength concrete composition that is lightweight and self-compacting or non-self-compacting, with a low weight-fraction of aggregate to total dry raw materials, and a highly-homogenous distribution of a non-absorptive and closed-cell lightweight aggregate such as glass microspheres or copolymer polymer beads or a combination thereof, and the steps of providing the composition or components. Lightwei...