A62C 99/0009
Methods of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire by cooling down
Official title: {Methods of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire by cooling down or suffocating the flames}
A62C99/0009 (Methods of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire by cooling down) appears on 852 US grants and 1,089 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A62C- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Method of preventing combustion by applying an aqueous superabsorbent polymer composition107US 5,849,210 A1998
- Waveguide-based wireless distribution system and method of operation105US 8,897,695 B2Wireless Expressways Inc. · 2014
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- Fire protection means91US 4,251,579 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1981
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