ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,587, issued on March 18, was assigned to MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (Lima, Ohio).

"Ground-based vehicle for making and applying a fire and smoke inhibiting slurry composition on ground surfaces before the arrival of wildfire" was invented by Stephen Conboy (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground-based vehicle for making and applying a fire and smoke inhibiting slurry composition on ground surfaces before the arrival of wildfire so as to proactively form a strategic chemical-type wildfire break on the ground surfaces. The vehicle includes: a mobile spray vehicle navigable along a ground surface; a mixing tank with an i...