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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark L. Robin, West Lafayette, IN (US);
W. Douglas Register, Lafayette, IN (US);
Thomas F. Rowland, El Dorado, AR (US);
Assignee:
PCBU Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D 1/08 ; A62D 1/00 ; A62C 3/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D 1/08 ; A62D 1/00 ; A62C 3/502 ;
Abstract
A method for suppressing a fire at a burning material comprising delivering to said burning material (a) an inert gas and (b) a gaseous compound selected from the group consisting of a hydrofluorocarbon, an iodofluorocarbon, and a mixture thereof, gases (a) and (b) being delivered in a combined concentration sufficient to extinguish the fire.