ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,376, issued on July 29, was assigned to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

"Composite plastering material" was invented by Ali H. Al-Marzouqi (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates), Noura Juaan Mubarak Al Mazrouei (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates) and Waleed Khalil Ahmed (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite plastering material and a method of making the same are provided. The composite plastering material includes a mixture of sand-silica and Abelmoschus esculentus powder. The composite plastering material has increased compressive strength depending upon the concentration of Abel...