ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,174, issued on July 1, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method for management of data processing system components" was invented by Walter R. Carver (Round Rock, Texas), John R. Stuewe (Round Rock, Texas) and Michael Albert Perks (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer implemented services are provided. The computer implemented services may be provided using hardware components of a data processing system. The hardware components may be positioned in a chassis that provide for access to the hardware components for replacement, expansion, and/or...