ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Venture of Great Bend, has been assigned a patent (9,890,299) developed by Orville Spray, Great Bend, for a “spray paving coating and method.” The abstract states: “A paving mixture for application to a surface and a method for the same. The mixture comprises a binding material layer applied to the surface to form a base layer on the surface, and an aggregate material layer applied on top of the binding material layer, wherein the binding material layer comprises at least 15% of the bitumen in the paving mixture by weight, the aggregate material layer contains an asphalt mixture that provides a road surface. The aggregate material layer and the binding material layer are combined on the surface within 30 seconds of application of the binding material layer.”