ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,765, issued on June 10, was assigned to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LLC (Dallas).

"Submersible networking enclosure" was invented by John Valdez (Copper Canyon, Texas) and Erwin Wardojo (McKinney, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An subterranean enclosure for retaining at least one networking component may include a shell forming a first chamber and a second chamber, a dielectric fluid adapted to be disposed in the first chamber, a mounting mechanism at least partially disposed within the first chamber, a coolant distribution line at least partially disposed within the first chamber, a coolant circulator at least partially d...