ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,457, issued on July 21, was assigned to 3D Glass Solutions Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Thermal transfer, management and integrated control structure" was invented by Jeb H. Flemming (Albuquerque, N.M.), Jeff A. Bullington (Orlando, Fla.) and Kyle McWethy (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a method of making a thermal management and signal control structure comprising forming in a substrate heat conductive vias and control vias, power vias, and ground vias, wherein the heat conductive vias and the control vias, power vias, and vias are aligned to a first metal plate on a first side of the s...