ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,177, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GAF Energy LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Photovoltaic modules and roofing shingles with nail zones" was invented by Rory Runser (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, including: a roof deck; a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on the roof deck, each of the plurality of photovoltaic modules having: a solar cell, and a backsheet, where the solar cell is positioned on the backsheet, where the backsheet has a headlap portion, where the headlap portion has a first longitudinal groove and a second longitudinal groove, where the first longitudinal groove is spaced apart from...