US Patent Issued to BMIC on Feb. 17 for "Roofing shingle system and starter roofing shingles for use therein" (New Jersey, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,241, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Roofing shingle system and starter roofing shingles for use therein" was invented by Luis Duque (Hackensack, N.J.), Todd Weiner (Dumont, N.J.), Nicholas Soto (Waxahachie, Texas), Thomas Lowrey (Waxahachie, Texas) and Lyan Ortiz (Waxahachie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roofing system includes a roofing substrate, a starter course of starter roofing shingles adhered to the roofing substrate, and a first course of roofing shingles vertically adjacent to the starter course. At least one starter roofing shingle of the starter course includes a first sealant line dispos...