ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,145, issued on June 17, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Vapor chamber with ionized fluid" was invented by Twan Sing Loo (Penang, Malaysia), Jeff Ku (Taipei, Taiwan), Min Suet Lim (Penang, Malaysia), Khai Ern Ke See (Pulau Pinang, Malaysia) and Mark Carbone (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a vapor chamber that includes ionized fluid and an adjustable polarization layer coupled to the vapor chamber. The adjustable polarization layer can be used to direct a flow of the ionized fluid in the vapor...