ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,384, issued on May 20.

"Building insulation system" was invented by Mark A. Aspenson (Waterloo, Iowa) and John G. Connell (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The building insulation system includes a reflective, non-porous bag filled with thermal insulation material. The covering of the bag is made from reflective polymeric facer or plastic, which facilitates reflection of thermal energy radiation. The reflective non-porous bag provides a thermal barrier for conduction, convection and radiation aspects of thermal energy transfer."

The patent was filed on Oct. 11, 2019, under Application No. 16/599,619.

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