ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,304, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MARIOFF CORPORATION OY (Vantaa, Finland).

"Fire suppression sprinkler device" was invented by Samuli Jarvinen (Vantaa, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire suppression sprinkler device 100 includes a sprinkler bulb 140, a nozzle manifold 160, and a conduit 190 for supplying fluid to the nozzle manifold 160. The sprinkler device 100 is arranged so that breakage of the sprinkler bulb 140 permits fluid communication from the interior of the conduit 180 to the nozzle manifold 160. The nozzle manifold 160 is disposed about the conduit 190."

The patent was filed on Aug. 29, 2022, under Applic...