ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,869, issued on May 6, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Polymer modified asphalt compositions and related methods" was invented by Ramil Marcelo L. Mercado (Waxahachie, Texas), Jarod L. Krajca (Ennis, Texas), Lisa Brzezinski (Red Oak, Texas), Xiangnan Ye (Cypress, Texas) and Denis M. Tibah (Waxahachie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymer modified asphalt compositions for roofing applications and related systems and methods are provided. A polymer modified asphalt composition comprises at least 80% by weight of an asphalt based on a total weight of the polymer modified asphalt composition, a polyolefin having a number avera...