ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,784, issued on March 4, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Cementitious hybrid flooring composition" was invented by Patricia Gimeno (Stuttgart, Germany), Carola Kaddatz (Oppenweiler, Germany), Jochen Grotzinger (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany) and Till Weikert (Ludwigsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-component composition comprising a first component including water, and a second component including at least one hydraulic binder, wherein the multi-component composition includes a copolymer CP, wherein the copolymer is a vinyl versatate copolymer CPA, and/or a copolymer based on styrene and (meth)...