US Patent Issued to BMIC on July 22 for "Roofing materials with synthetic roofing granules and methods of making thereof" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,069, issued on July 22, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Roofing materials with synthetic roofing granules and methods of making thereof" was invented by Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, N.J.), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Luis Duque (Hackensack, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention, in embodiments, relates to a roofing material comprising (a) a coated substrate having a top surface and a back surface, and (b) a plurality of roofing granules applied to the top surface of the coated substrate. The plurality of roofing granules comprises from 50% to 100% of unitary, uncoated, non-mineral based particles. ...