ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,608, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).
"Method for connecting an edge metal flashing on a roofing membrane" was invented by David Axt (Goldendale, Wash.), Kelly Linhares-Nelson (Taunton, Mass.) and Xiong Jiang (Canton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for connecting an edge metal flashing to a roofing membrane, the method including the steps of: providing a roof assembly including a roof substrate, an edge metal flashing, and a roofing membrane, wherein a portion of the roofing membrane is trapped between the flashing and substrate and wherein the membrane is a water impermeable liq...