ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,627, issued on July 22, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Graphene coatings for roofing materials and related methods" was invented by Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a roofing material, wherein the roofing material may comprise a plurality of coated roofing granules, wherein each of the plurality of the coated roofing granules may comprise a roofing granule having an outer surface; and a granule coating, wherein the granule coating is disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the roofing granule, and wherein the granule coating c...