ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,888, issued on July 22, was assigned to YAMATO PROTEC Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Fire extinguishing sheet" was invented by Shogo Tomiyama (Inashiki-gun, Japan) and Akimasa Tsutsumi (Inashiki-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a fire extinguishing sheet suitable for productivity, mass production, and large-scale production, wherein the fire extinguishing sheet can be used in places, facilities, structures, etc., where a fire may occur, and has an initial fire extinguishing function. The fire extinguishing sheet according to the present invention contains a fire extinguishing agent that when a predeter...