ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,278, issued on April 22, was assigned to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (Spring, Texas).

"Thermal management fluids with synergistic heat capacity" was invented by Abigail R. Van Wassen (Florham Park, N.J.), Andrew E. Taggi (New Hope, Pa.), Shuji Luo (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Gary Christensen (Wenonah, N.J.), Kevin J. Kelly (Mullica Hill, N.J.) and Andrew D. Satterfield (Furlong, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heat transfer fluids corresponding to mixtures of at least one hydrogen bond donor and at least one hydrogen bond acceptor are provided. The heat transfer fluids can have an unexpectedly high heat capacity relati...