US Patent Issued to Gold Bond Building Products on Sept. 15 for "Air and water barrier building panels" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,724, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Gold Bond Building Products LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Air and water barrier building panels" was invented by Brian G. Randall (Charlotte, N.C.), Joseph J. Bailey (Charlotte, N.C.), Eli Stav (Charlotte, N.C.), Brian Bland (Charlotte, N.C.), Gene Whittington (Indian Land, S.C.) and R. G. Iyer (Fort Mill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for improving the air and/or water barrier performance of a building panel is disclosed. The building panel may be a gypsum board or cement board. In particular, the board may have improved resistance to bulk water penetration or permeation while maint...