US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on Nov. 3 for "System and method for dispensing flame-retardant foam using sprinklers" (Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,260, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"System and method for dispensing flame-retardant foam using sprinklers" was invented by Kristopher Thomas Williams (Helotes, Texas), Nikhil Dama (Apex, N.C.), David Patrick Dixon (Boerne, Texas), Jess W. Gingrich (San Antonio), Arthur Eugene Cutter IV (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Surender Kumar (Palatine, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system of protecting a structure from an approaching fire by dispensing flame-retardant foam. The system works in conjunction with a set of sprinkler heads that are fluidly connected t...