US Patent Issued to BMIC on Sept. 16 for "Colored roofing membrane with improved solar reflectance" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,156, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Colored roofing membrane with improved solar reflectance" was invented by Linlin Xing (Wayne, N.J.) and Thomas John Taylor (West Nyack, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer roofing material includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, and a fourth layer. The first layer is a topmost layer and a color layer. The first layer comprises a UV stabilizer. The second layer comprises TPO. The second layer is a white layer. The third layer comprises a scrim. The third layer contacts the second layer and the second layer is between the first layer and third lay...