ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,583, issued on June 3, was assigned to Phase Change Energy Solutions Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Systems for storing and/or transporting temperature-sensitive payloads" was invented by Reyad I. Sawafta (Greensboro, N.C.), Venu Gopal R. Kuturu (Greensboro, N.C.) and Brian Steven Chapman (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, systems for storing and/or transporting a payload are described herein. In some embodiments, systems have a portable storage vessel having an internal cavity, the internal cavity having: a central zone for receiving the payload; a first cooling zone disposed radially outward from the central ...