ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,632, issued on June 24, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Roofing structures and related methods" was invented by Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, N.J.), Li-Ying Yang (Whippany, N.J.), Eric R. Anderson (Montclair, N.J.) and David Scott (Grove City, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments relate to a roofing structure. The roofing structure comprises a plurality of roofing membranes positioned on a roofing substrate. Each of the plurality of roofing membranes comprises an edge portion that abuts or overlaps with, or is adjacent to, an edge portion of another roofing membrane, so as to define a plurality of seams between...