ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,886, issued on April 15, was assigned to PHASE CHANGE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Compositions comprising phase change materials and methods of making the same" was invented by Reyad I. Sawafta (Greensboro, N.C.) and Najih Naser (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a phase change material, a hydrophobic sorption material, and a viscosity modifier. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a foam and a latent heat storage material dispersed in the foam, the latent heat storage material comprising a phase change materia...