ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,360, issued on July 28, was assigned to Nordtreat Oy (Vantaa, Finland).

"Flame retardant chemical compositions" was invented by Ari Risku (Porvoo, Finland) and Carl-Eric Wilen (Esbo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of chemical compositions and flame retardants. Specifically, the invention relates to a composition for imparting flame retardancy comprising an organic salt as a fire-retardant compound, a binder and a surfactant. Also, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing said composition and a method of imparting flame retardancy to a substrate comprising applying ...