US Patent Issued to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital on July 28 for "Coated roofing materials" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,705, issued on July 28, was assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC (Toledo, Ohio).

"Coated roofing materials" was invented by Ozma Lane (Columbus, Ohio), Hai Fu (Pataskala, Ohio), William Smith (Pataskala, Ohio), Daniel Buckwalter (Howard, Ohio) and Nardine Abadeer (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roofing material is provided that includes an asphalt impregnated substrate comprising a first surface defining an upper side of the shingle and an opposed a second surface defining a lower side of the shingle, wherein the substrate includes a headlap portion, a tab portion, and a nail zone situated between the h...