US Patent Issued to James Hardie Technology on Sept. 30 for "Building cladding elements and systems" (Australian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,858, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to James Hardie Technology Ltd. (Dublin).

"Building cladding elements and systems" was invented by Jesse Anger (Rosehill, Australia), Jonathan Conway (Rosehill, Australia), Robert Elliott Everhart II (Lake Arrowhead, Calif.), Joseph Banta (Rosehill, Australia), Ron Smith (Rosehill, Australia), Steve Zondanos (Rosehill, Australia) and Benjamin Batres (Fontana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cladding system configured to be installed on a building substrate includes a plurality of fiber cement cladding elements and at least one trim element. The plurality of fiber cement cladding elements...