ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,881, issued on Nov. 18.

"Thermal management systems and methods for electrically-powered devices such as microprocessors and microprocessor chips" was invented by Joseph L. Pikulski (Westlake Village, Calif.) and Willett Tuitele (South Pasedena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are devices, systems and methods for utilizing fluid cooling to thermally manage electrically-powered devices such as microprocessors and microprocessor chips. Embodiments incorporating features of the present disclosure can purge heated cooling fluid from the system immediately after it has been used to absorb heat from an electrically-p...