ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,199, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Management of hardware in environments that include particulates" was invented by Tomer Shachar (Beer-Sheva, Israel), Yevgeni Gehtman (Modi'in, Israel) and Maxim Balin (Gan-Yavne, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for managing data processing systems are disclosed. The data processing systems may include hardware components that generate heat. The heat may be managed using flows of gasses. Filters may be used to screen particulates entrained in the flows of gasses. The data processing systems may include a system for manag...