ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,732, issued on March 17, was assigned to CleanFiber Inc. (Blasdell, N.Y.).

"Method of making fire retardant materials and related products" was invented by Jonathan Strimling (Blasdell, N.Y.), Mark Brandstein (Newton, Mass.) and Curtis Fischer (Boxford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for making fire retardant material including fire retardant cellulosic insulation are described. The methods include arrangements for partitioning fibers derived from fiber feedstocks and adding at least a portion of fibers of one or more feedstocks and a fire retardancy chemical compound to a mixer prior to fiber drying. The fibers may be...