ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,735, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Liquid applied roofing systems and methods for forming roofs" was invented by Yan Zheng (Livingston, N.J.), Yixi Xiao (Edison, N.J.), Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, N.J.) and Adem Chich (Kearny, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a sloped roof can comprise obtaining a base layer comprising at least one of a permeable mesh, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, plastic, foam material or combinations thereof; applying the base layer over a roofing substrate of the sloped roof; and applying a liquid roofing material to the base layer to form a liquid applied ro...