ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,679, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to AWI Licensing LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Building covering system incorporating a building panel, and methods of forming and installing the same" was invented by Eric D. Kragness (Sinking Spring, Pa.) and Jason T. Cavanaugh (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a building system comprising: a plurality of support members each comprising a support surface, a plurality of first building panels secured to the support surface of the plurality of support members, each of the plurality of first building panels comprising a non-porous body, a plurality of second building pan...