ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 20 -- 3M Innovative Properties, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (No. 9,945,127, initially filed Sept. 7, 2011) developed by two co-inventors for the "above-deck roof venting article, system and methods." The co-inventors are John S. Edwards, Weston, Wisconsin, and Frank W. Klink, Oak Park Heights, Minnesota.

The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FP . . .