ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,617, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Flowable hardenable composition, thermally conductive composition, and electronic heat sink assembly including the same" was invented by Mario A. Perez (Burnsville, Minn.) and Jaime A. Martinez (Kissimmee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flowable hardenable composition comprising from 10 to 95 percent by volume of shaped composite particles dispersed in a hardenable binder precursor. The shaped composite particles comprise thermal filler particles having an aspect ratio of at least 1.5 retained in a binder matrix. After hardening, a therm...