ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,564, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CERTAINTEED LLC (Malvern, Pa.).
"Roofing system and method of installation" was invented by Aaron Bruckerhoff (Medfield, Mass.), Michael Garnick (Watertown, Mass.), Ulysse Van Duinen (Lexington, Mass.), Boris L. Serebrennikov (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Phillip Evans (Littleton, Mass.), Sahas Rathi (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Hooman Amid (Worcester, Mass.) and Rakshith Srinivasa (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roofing system includes a plurality of riser blocks disposed on a support surface. The riser blocks include a group that is aligned in a row. A batten extends along the row and is supported...