US Patent Issued to Detec Systems on Oct. 14 for "Method of providing a conductive substrate for an electrical leak detection method and a board therefor" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,192, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Detec Systems LLC (Bellingham, Wash.).

"Method of providing a conductive substrate for an electrical leak detection method and a board therefor" was invented by David Vokey (Bellingham, Wash.), Shaun Katz (Lynden, Wash.), Murphy Vockeroth (Burnaby, Canada), Patricia Vokey (Bellingham, Wash.) and Andrew Preiksa (Mount Vernon, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of constructing a waterproof layer on a roof deck includes applying an array of coverboards covering the roof deck and a water impermeable membrane. In a leak detection method, an electrical potential is applied between a conduc...