ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,643, issued on July 14.

"Fire extinguishing system" was invented by Joshua Matthew Robinson (Delaware, Ohio), William Robert Johnson (Westerville, Ohio) and Lincoln Robert Hennell (Sparta, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire extinguishing system is provided, which includes: a housing having an opening; a movable door coupled to the housing to cover the opening; a hopper configured to store a fire extinguishing agent, the hopper having a hopper outlet; a movable gate coupled to the hopper to cover the hopper outlet; an expeller coupled to the hopper, the expeller having an expeller outlet; a fan coupled to the expeller; and a c...