US Patent Issued to BMIC on Sept. 15 for "Controlled particle deposition for a roofing shingle" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,353, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Controlled particle deposition for a roofing shingle" was invented by Ming-Liang Shiao (Collegeville, Pa.) and Brian Lee (Cranford, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes obtaining a glass mat having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The method includes coating the first side of the glass mat with a molten asphalt. The method includes obtaining a plurality of particles. The method further includes depositing the particles on the first side of the asphalt coated substrate. The depositing includes controlling a location of the plurality o...