US Patent Issued to XGS Energy on Oct. 28 for "High thermal coefficient grout compositions and methods therefor" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,482, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to XGS Energy Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"High thermal coefficient grout compositions and methods therefor" was invented by Piotr D. Moncarz (Palo Alto, Calif.), Daniel Bour (Granite Falls, Wash.), Gerald Fuller (Palo Alto, Calif.), Axel-Pierre Bois (Curis-au-Mont-d'Or, France), Poodipeddi V. Suryanarayana (Plano, Texas) and Mark McGilvray Jr. (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-thermal conductivity grout composition is provided. The composition includes a grout mixture including a cementitious material, a retarder, and a high-thermal k material that advantageously can form a pumpabl...