ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,523, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Spray mist nozzle for fire-fighting systems, and fire-fighting systems having same" was invented by Frank Ronnfeldt (Suhlen, Germany) and Stefan Schnell (Stockelsdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a spray mist nozzle, in particular an open high-pressure spray mist nozzle for firefighting systems, having a housing which is configured with an extinguishing fluid inlet and is configured with multiple recesses for receiving an exchangeable nozzle insert, such a nozzle insert being inserted into one, mul...