ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,665, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to IDEAL THERM (Alixan, France).

"Heating/cooling walls and ceilings" was invented by Francois Higel (Montelimar, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiant heat transfer system for heating or cooling a room, has at least one heat exchange element in the form of a panel formed by a first plate and a second plate, the first and second plates being symmetrically profiled to form a flow channel arranged in a serpentine manner between the first and second plates for passage of a heat transfer fluid, wherein the first and second plates are pressed steel plates and are connected to each other by we...