ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,462, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Fire-resistant multi-layer membrane" was invented by Gurpreet Singh Sandhar (Langley, Canada) and Sahar Khedri (Langley, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer membrane with fire-resistant properties having improved thermal stability and shelf-life is provided. The multi-layer membrane 10 has at least a water resistant polymeric layer 12 bonded to a fire resistant component 13. The fire resistant component 13 has a first fire retardant coating 16 bonded to a carrier layer 14. The fire resistant component may further include a second fire retardant coating 28 bonde...