ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,976, issued on May 20, was assigned to Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Network interface device having heat dissipating members" was invented by Ayal Shabtay (Haifa, Israel), Alon Rokach (Haifa, Israel), Bar Noyman (Kibbutz Kfar Hachoresh, Israel), Jamal Mousa (Haifa, Israel), Nimer Hazin (Bi'ina, Israel) and Rom Becker (Ramat Yishai, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network interface device may include: a frame having: a first frame end, a second frame end, a top frame surface, a bottom frame surface, a first lateral frame surface and a second lateral frame surface, wherein the top frame surface includes a long...