Lithocrete Book - Volume 1 | Page 12

COLOR CONSISTENCY Adding new Lithocrete® to existing Lithocrete® is performed seamlessly with perfect color matching. Lithocrete’s® standard series of aggregates are from quarries that have good, long-term consistency characteristics. Projects installed more than 25 years ago using Lithocrete® paving can be matched almost perfectly today. The Opus Center / Koll Center pictured below and on page 2 features five separate phases of Lithocrete® installed over a span of nearly 25 years with perfect color consistency. 11 Rosso Nero Lithocrete® is surrounded by tawny pink sandblasted band pattern and cast-in-place planter curb walls. PATENTS Three US patents protect Lithocrete®: #4,748,788; #6,016,635; #6,033,146; and U.S. Trademark #1,879,329. Lithocrete® has a patent pending for power troweling which is used on any size surface-seeded aggregates encompassing a wide variety of materials. Lithocrete® also has a patent pending for pneumatically applying surface-seeded materials that will eliminate the common unevenness of applying silica carbide, mica, granites, sands, and other small surface-applied materials. In addition to the aforementioned patents, Lithocrete® has patents pending for every individual system that is introduced throughout this book, including System 8 - Monolithic Pour Joint System; System 9 - Monolithic Wall Joint; System 10 - Presto Wall Finish; System 11 - Non-Slip Ground Profile; System 12 - Structural Deck Pour System; System 13 - Monolithic Template Pour System; System 14 - Aquifer Replenishment System; and System 15 - Slot Drain System. Lithocrete® aggressively protects its patented products to ensure their proprietary status and market value. Lithocrete_book_trademark_edited.indd 11 1/2/2008 8:21:54 AM