ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,685, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Server cooling using sprayed fluid and high conductivity gas or air" was invented by Hariharan Kumar (Sammamish, Wash.) and Husam Atallah Alissa (Snoqualmie, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are examples for improving heat transfer for a data center, which may include a hermetically sealed container having sides defining an interior portion that is able to hold pressurized gas or air, a data center computer server located within the interior portion, and a spray device located within the interior portion for spraying a non-corr...