ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,209, issued on June 3, was assigned to MARA Holdings Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Method of subsidizing cost of providing information" was invented by Carl Meinhart (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inventive subject matter provides for repurposing otherwise wasted thermal energy to drive a commercial process. Thermal energy from a cooling system containing a computer system and at least one manifold that is operably coupled with a compressor, heat exchanger, pressure regulator, and controller, to provide thermal energy at an elevated temperature to drive the commercial process. The cooling system can advantageously be u...