US Patent Issued to Innovative Building Technologies on May 19 for "Multi-story building having load bearing walls and method to construct the building" (Washington, Oregon, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,024, issued on May 19, was assigned to Innovative Building Technologies LLC (Seattle).

"Multi-story building having load bearing walls and method to construct the building" was invented by Arlan E. Collins (Seattle), Mark L. Woerman (Seattle), Mark D'Amato (Seattle), Eric P. Hinckley (Superior, Colo.), Calder Danz (Seattle), Christopher J. Allen (Aloha, Ore.) and Dale V. Paul (Poulsbo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building includes load bearing walls that are able to withstand vertical loads and lateral loads. The building may be a low-rise building or a mid-rise building. The load bearing walls, as well as floor-ceiling pan...