ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,296, issued on Jan. 27.

"Devices, systems and methods for controlling environmental conditions of substances" was invented by Ron Nagar (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, comprising an environmental control element configured to control at least one environmental condition of a substance contained within a chamber, the environmental control element includes a thermal insulator configured to provide a thermal shield to the substance and a phase change material (PCM) configured to thermally regulate at least one environmental condition. The environmental control element is configured to control the environme...