ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,701, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Fluid thermal processing" was invented by Hilary Ely (Corvallis, Ore.), Michael W. Cumbie (Corvallis, Ore.), Adam Higgins (Corvallis, Ore.), Rachel M. White (Corvallis, Ore.) and Erik D. Torniainen (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid thermal processing device may include a substrate, a platform projecting from the substrate, a fluid heating element supported by the platform, a temperature sensing element, distinct from the fluid heating element, supported by the platform and an enclosure supported by and cooperating with...