ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,277, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Heatpipe with graduated condenser portion and constant ratio between wick thickness and cross-section area" was invented by Qinghong He (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one or more embodiments, one or more systems may comprise a heatpipe with a ratio between a cross-section area for a working fluid and one or more of a tube thickness and a wick thickness that is substantially constant along the length of the heatpipe. A heatpipe may have an evaporator section having a constant longitudinal profile and a condenser portion with a non-constant...