ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,828, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Adherable and weldable roofing accessories and related methods" was invented by Norman Chin (Somerville, N.J.) and Li-Ying Yang (Whippany, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments relate to a roofing accessory. The roofing accessory comprises a protruding member extending from a base member. The base member surrounds at least a portion of an outer edge of a bottom end of the protruding member. The base member has a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and an outer edge. The bottom surface of the base member has a weldable portion and an adherab...