US Patent Issued to BMIC on Oct. 14 for "Roofing materials having a water channel and an attachment tab and methods of making and installing thereof" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,190, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Roofing materials having a water channel and an attachment tab and methods of making and installing thereof" was invented by Soufiane Mohand Kaci (Lincoln Park, N.J.), Kevin Peter McGrath (Denville, N.J.) and Eric R. Anderson (Montclair, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention, in embodiments, relates to a roofing material having a top edge, a bottom edge that is opposite to the top edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge that is opposite to the first side edge. The roofing material further includes (i) at least one water channel that extends along the fir...