US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on May 6 for "Siloxane-triazoleglucoside and glucoside surfactant formulations for fire-fighting foam applications" (Pennsylvania, Virginia, California, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,711, issued on May 6, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Siloxane-triazoleglucoside and glucoside surfactant formulations for fire-fighting foam applications" was invented by Ramagopal Ananth (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), Matthew Davis (Ridgecrest, Calif.), Katherine Hinnant (Washington) and Arthur W. Snow (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compound below may be used in a fire-fighting formulation along with a poly(glucoside)-alkane, a poly(ethylene glycol) monoalkyl ether, and water. The value n is 2 or 3, R is a C3-C9 alkylene group, X ...