ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,349, issued on Oct. 20.

"Method and system for extinguishing a fire" was invented by Peter Aung Hla (Washington) and Myint Myint San (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of extinguishing a wildfire is provided that includes receiving data about a fire from a satellite. The data includes at least a location, size, and temperature of the fire. Moreover, the method includes determining, based on the data, an amount of fire retardant required to extinguish the fire. The fire retardant is liquid nitrogen. Furthermore, the method includes determining a type of aerial vehicle, loading the aerial vehicle with the determined am...