ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,572, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Thermal solution as an effective EMI shield" was invented by Justin Huttula (Portland, Ore.), Bala Subramanya (Bangalore, India), Juha Paavola (Hillsboro, Ore.), Mark Carbone (Cupertino, Calif.), Todd Smith (Hillsboro, Ore.), Kari Mansukoski (Hillsboro, Ore.), Samarth Alva (Bangalore, India), Satyajit Siddharay Kamat (Bangalore, India) and Nagaraj K (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board and vapor chamber are disclosed. Connectors couple the vapor chamber to a circuit board. The connectors extend from the bottom of the vapor chamber. T...