ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,178, issued on July 1, was assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method for adjusting environmental conditions" was invented by Michael Mitsuo Toulouse (San Jose, Calif.), Tyler Baxter Duncan (Austin, Texas) and Benjamin David Behrendt (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for removing moisture from an airflow via a cooling system includes identifying a plurality of active cooling circuits in the cooling system. The method also includes lowering a first temperature set point of a first cooling circuit of the multiple cooling circuits. In addition, the method includes raising a second temper...