ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,928, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Roofing materials and methods of making roofing materials without external heat" was invented by Denis Muki Tibah (Waxahachie, Texas), Ramil Marcelo L. Mercado (Waxahachie, Texas), Jarod L. Krajca (Ennis, Texas), Carl Stipe (Grapevine, Texas) and Steven E. Sparks (Midlothian, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention, in embodiments, relates to a method of preparing a roofing material that includes obtaining a substrate and obtaining a non-foam, coating composition comprising a polymeric resin and a carrier. The coating composition is (i) substantially free of wate...