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US 1,117,839 · App. 29/989,203 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Roofing membrane

Inventors: Christopher McGroarty (Morristown, NJ); Linlin Xing (Wayne, NJ); Norman Chin (Somerville, NJ); Viraj Shah (Pearland, TX)
Assignee: BMIC LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,117,839
App. No.
29/989,203
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a roofing membrane as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2025
From: MCGROARTY, CHRISTOPHER; XING, LINLIN; CHIN, NORMAN; SHAH, VIRAJ
To: BMIC LLC
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