ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,582, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Hanno Werk GmbH & Co. KG (Laatzen, Germany).
"Joint-sealing strip" was invented by Andreas Hohlfeld (Springe, Germany) and Tobias Koplin (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint-sealing strip includes a foam material, having two longitudinal sides as well as a top side that borders on the one joint flank in the installed state of the joint-sealing strip, and an underside that borders on the opposite joint flank in the installed state of the joint-sealing strip, wherein the foam material has an outer fire-protection layer over a predetermined region, which layer has an intumes...