ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,124, issued on May 20, was assigned to Anton Paar GmbH (Graz, Austria).
"Measuring device having an electrothermal transducer for adjusting a thermal resistance, and method of operating the same" was invented by Philipp Thaler (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring device for thermal analysis of a sample is described, the measuring device comprising: (i) a sample receptacle for receiving the sample, (ii) a heating device for increasing the temperature of the sample receptacle, (iii) a cooling device for reducing the temperature of the sample receptacle, and (iv) a heat transport element having a thermal resistance ...