ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,790, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY (Unitra, South Africa).

"Portable warm asphalt preparation apparatus and process for the production of warm asphalt" was invented by Samuel Abejide (Unitra, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention provides a portable warm asphalt preparation apparatus and a process for the production of warm asphalt. In addition to a source of granular plastic and a source of mineral aggregate that, together form an asphalt feed material, the apparatus comprises a first receptacle having an inlet for introducing the asphalt feed material into a chamber, a floor at ...