ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,867, issued on May 12, was assigned to Alexandre Dupuy (San Diego).

"Portable heater and cooler" was invented by Alexandre Dupuy (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a portable heating/cooling device comprising one or more heating elements for transferring heat to an object, one or more cooling elements for cooling an object; wherein said heating or cooling elements are adapted for selectively providing either heating or cooling based on temperature maintenance requirements, an integrated control unit for regulating the temperature, one or more temperature sensors that provide real-time feedback to the control unit, ...