ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,978, issued on June 30, was assigned to Talon Wall Holdings LLC (Ill.).
"Building facade constructed of curtain wall panels including fire-safing insulation and method of installation" was invented by Kurtis E LeVan (South Holland, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building facade secured to a building structure having a plurality of floor levels can comprise a plurality of facade panels wherein one or more facade panels include a strip of fire-safing insulation. The facade panels can be secured to the building structure adjacent an edge of a floor with the strip of fire-safing insulation engaging the floor edge along a vertical ...