US Patent Issued to Minimax Viking Patent Management on March 31 for "Temporary protective device for fire protection sprinklers" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,404, issued on March 31, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Temporary protective device for fire protection sprinklers" was invented by Jason T. Watson (Hastings, Mich.), Lindsay Marie Barker (Delton, Mich.) and Shawn G. Orr (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Temporary devices and methods for providing a protected installed fire protection sprinkler assembly in an area, building, occupancy or worksite under construction and/or renovation. A protective device is embodied as a cap to house and protect the installed sprinkler assembly within an internal chamber. The protecti...