MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521132566 A) filed by Ramdeobaba University, Nagpur; Shri Ramdeobaba College Of Engineering And Management, Nagpur; Geete, Sumit Sureshrao; Ambadkar, Shantanu Raju; Pendse, Chinmay Rajesh; and Pandey, Anand S, Nagpur, Maharashtra, on Dec. 27, 2025, for 'a method for preparing a concrete composition.'
Inventor(s) include Geete, Sumit Sureshrao; Ambadkar, Shantanu Raju; Pendse, Chinmay Rajesh; and Pandey, Anand S.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a method (100) for preparing a concrete composition. The method (100) includes steps of collecting overburden dump (OBD) material from a coal mine source comprising black cotton soil, sandstone, and shale, processing the OBD material by performing particle size distribution analysis to ensure particle fineness comparable to fine aggregates, mixing the processed OBD material with coarse aggregates, cement, and water to form a concrete mix, wherein the OBD material replaces between 10% and 30% by weight of natural fine aggregate and casting and curing the concrete mix to produce a concrete having compressive strength within 5% of conventional concrete prepared without OBD substitution."
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