US Patent Issued to BMIC on June 23 for "Steep slope roofing panel system and method" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,812, issued on June 23, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Steep slope roofing panel system and method" was invented by Eric R. Anderson (Montclair, N.J.) and Walter R. Zarate (Prospect Park, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steep slope roofing panel system includes an underlayment and a plurality of roofing panels installed atop the underlayment. The panels may be installed to provide both protection from the environment and watershedding. Alternatively, the panels and the underlayment may share the watershedding functions of the roof, with one as a primary watershedding component and the other as an auxiliary watershedding co...