ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,532, issued on July 8, was assigned to FIREKIM Co. LTD (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

"Fire extinguishing capsule and capsule-type fire extinguishing device including same" was invented by Byung Yul Kim (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an extinguishing capsule and a capsule type fire extinguisher including the same, the capsule type fire extinguisher including at least one extinguishing module including a housing configured to receive an extinguishing capsule therein, the extinguishing capsule including an extinguishing material that expands when heat is applied thereto, the at least one extinguishin...