ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,305, issued on July 14, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Roofing membrane having a controllable color change" was invented by Ajay Padwal (Sharon, Mass.), Blaise William Leeber (Burlington, Mass.), Xiong Jiang (Canton, Mass.) and Brian Whelan (Canton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roofing membrane including a polymeric waterproofing layer having upper and lower major surfaces and an electronic ink display covering at least a portion of the upper major surface of the waterproofing layer. Also, a method for producing a roofing membrane and a method for covering a roof substrate using the roofing membran...