ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,278, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (Lubbock, Texas).
"Open system cold plate differential calorimeter" was invented by Shelby Lacouture (Lubbock, Texas), Trevor Dardik (Lubbock, Texas), Dennis van der Vliet (Skokie, Ill.) and Robert Duncan (Lubbock, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An open calorimetry system comprising an active vessel, a passive vessel, and a first and second heat flux detector in thermal communication with the active vessel and passive vessel respectively. A thermal reservoir is connected to the first heat flux detector and the second heat flux detector, wherein data from the h...