US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Feb. 24 for "Fire protection article and related methods" (American, Canadian, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,868, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Fire protection article and related methods" was invented by Zhou Jin (Shanghai), Pingfan Wu (Woodbury, Minn.), Tatjana Stecenko (Toronto), Shailendra Bhogilal Rathod (St. Paul, Minn.), Anne Nathalie De Rovere (Woodbury, Minn.) and Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire protection article is provided that includes a fire barrier comprising a plurality of non-combustible fibers, and a passive thermal insulator coupled to the fire barrier and comprising a plurality of non-meltable fibers. Optionally, the fire pr...