ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,128, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).
"Fire-fighting foam composition" was invented by JoAnna M. Monfils (Peshtigo, Wis.), John P. Libal (Peshtigo, Wis.) and Blake H. Bomann (Greenville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firefighting foam concentrate having a sugar component including a monosaccharide sugar, a sugar alcohol, or a mixture of any two or more thereof; a surfactant component comprising an anionic surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, or a mixture of any two or more thereof; and a suspension agent including microfibrillated cellulose and an oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide...