ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,811, issued on May 27, was assigned to EWALD DORKEN AG (Herdecke, Germany).

"Construction foil and system with at least one construction foil" was invented by Henning Sand (Dortmund, Germany) and Severin Dahms (Dortmund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to construction foil (1), in particular for use in the flat roof area, with a single- or multilayer structure (3) comprising a carrier layer (2), wherein the carrier layer (2) comprises an electronic unit (4) and at least one first connecting means (7) projecting beyond the outer side (8) of the carrier layer (2) and electrically connected to the el...