ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,863, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).

"Method for evaluating thermal protection duration of fabric" was invented by Jiazhen He (Suzhou, China), Yehu Lu (Suzhou, China) and Jun Li (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a method for evaluating a thermal protection duration of a fabric. A persistent thermal exposure duration for skin to reach a second-degree burn when heat storage release of a fabric is not considered and a corresponding first safe cooling duration are determined, a minimum thermal exposure duration for skin to reach a second-degree burn when heat stor...