US Patent Issued to BMIC on Oct. 7 for "Polymer reinforced glass mat with enhanced nail shank shear resistance, shingles including the same, and methods of manufacturing the same" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,196, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Polymer reinforced glass mat with enhanced nail shank shear resistance, shingles including the same, and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Jim Svec (Kearny, N.J.) and Brian Lee (Linden, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an article comprising a reinforced glass mat. In some embodiments, the reinforced glass mat includes a glass mat and a reinforcement material. In some embodiments, the glass mat includes a web of glass fibers. In some embodiments, the reinforcement ma...