ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,559, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to UBFS LLC (Chicago).
"Building facade system and method of forming a building facade" was invented by James Jonathan White (Riverside, Ill.), Edward Mitry Coosaia Jr. (Livermore, Calif.) and Jason S. Eastwood (Pittsburg, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building facade system which comprises an anchor. The anchor having a flange extending in a first horizontal direction and serrations along a portion thereof. A vertical mullion being held in shear and secured by shear connection to the anchor to support horizontal members forming a frame for supporting a building facade panel. The shear con...