ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,098, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH (Beckum, Germany) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"System and method for thermally treatment of air-dispersible raw material" was invented by Jost Lemke (Ennigerloh, Germany) and Karl Lampe (Ennigerloh, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method of thermal treatment of air-dispersible raw material, especially cement raw meal and/or mineral products, wherein the raw material is introduced into a conduit through which hot gases flow and is subjected to thermal treatment by the hot gases and/or the radiant heat in the conduit, f...