ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,809, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Integrated electronic device with embedded microchannels and a method for producing thereof" was invented by Elison De Nazareth Matioli (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Remco Franciscus Peter Van Erp (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for fabricating an integrated electronic device with a microchannel, comprising the steps of: -Providing a homogeneous or heterogeneous substrate with one or more layers of material, respectively; -Forming at least one trench in the up...