ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,388, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Compositions and uses of trans-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and 1,1-difluoroethane (R-152A)" was invented by Mark L. Robin (Middletown, Del.) and Konstantinos Kontomaris (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a mixture comprising the compound trans-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and 1,1-difluoroethane (R-152a). Also disclosed are methods of using and products of using the above compositions as blowing agents, solvents, heat transfer compositions, aerosol propellant compositions, fire extinguishing and suppressant comp...