US Patent Issued to BMIC on Sept. 30 for "Composite membrane for building applications" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,843, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Composite membrane for building applications" was invented by Li-Ying Yang (Whippany, N.J.), Jeffrey Avitabile (Lodi, N.J.), Joseph Nigro (Wayne, N.J.), Daniel Podewils (Evansville, Ind.), Brian A. Davis (Kennett Square, Pa.), Eric R. Anderson (Montclair, N.J.), Matthew Gimpert (Stewartsville, N.J.), Yan Zheng (Livingston, N.J.), Brian E. Duffy (Wayne, N.J.) and Yixi Xiao (Edison, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roofing composite membrane includes a base layer including a first thermoplastic polyolefin. A weight of the base layer is between 5 and 25 grams per square ...