ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,622, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to VINCI CONSTRUCTION (Rueil-Malmaison, France), VINCI CONSTRUCTION FRANCE (Nanterre, France) and ECOCEM MATERIALS Ltd. (Dublin).

"Method for manufacturing a concrete formulated on the basis of activated slag" was invented by Artur Kiiashko (L'Hay les Roses, France), Laurent Frouin (L'Hay les Roses, France), Paul-Alexandre Franco (Corbeil-Essonnes, France) and Francois Cussigh (Mezy sur Seine, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for manufacturing a concrete from activated slag, comprising at least the steps consisting of: a) arranging a premixture P of water and granulates, the temperatur...