US Patent Issued to Westlake Royal Roofing on March 17 for "Methods and apparatuses for cutting" (Texas, Oregon, Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,554, issued on March 17, was assigned to Westlake Royal Roofing LLC (Houston).

"Methods and apparatuses for cutting" was invented by William E. Jackson II (Portland, Ore.), Jacob Myers (Corona, Calif.), Russell L. Hill (San Antonio), Amitabha Kumar (San Antonio), Russ K. Majors (San Marcos, Texas), Daniel Genord (South Lyon, Mich.) and Grey Parker (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cutting apparatuses and methods of use thereof are discussed. For example, the cutting apparatus may include a chassis with one or more substrate interfaces and a scribe guide. The cutting apparatuses also may include a plurality of su...