ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,307, issued on July 1, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Directed cooling in heat producing systems" was invented by Elias Khamisy (Fremont, Calif.), Marcus C. Chan (Hacienda Heights, Calif.), Allison T. Yuan (Simi Valley, Calif.), Hayden W. Farriester (San Jose, Calif.) and Chejung Liu (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Providing cooling airflow through an electronic device is described. The electronic device incudes a heat source, an airflow enclosure, an insulation layer, and a directional structure. The airflow enclosure is on a first side of the insulation layer and the heat source is on a s...