ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,527, issued on June 17, was assigned to CARL FREUDENBERG KG (Weinheim, Germany).

"Use of a composite material for absorbing and distributing liquids in actively and/or passively cooled current-carrying systems" was invented by Ulrich Schneider (Darmstadt, Germany), Sarah Senne (Heddesheim, Germany) and Peter Kritzer (Forst, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the use of a composite material, comprising a backing layer and a liquid-absorbing layer fixed on the backing layer, the liquid-absorbing layer containing fixed superabsorbent particles, there being, on the side of the liquid-absorbing layer facing aw...