ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,170, issued on July 28, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Systems of wireless communication-enabled integrated roofing accessories and methods of use thereof" was invented by Rich Robinson (Round Rock, Texas) and Xavier Riley (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a system of integrated roofing accessories on a plurality of roofs, where at least one integrated roofing accessory on each roof may include: i) at least one transceiver configured to produce electromagnetic communication signals using electromagnetic communication protocols, ii) at least one dielectric antenn...