ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,670, issued on May 19, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Methods and apparatus for a cooled chemical cabinet" was invented by Andrew Michael Yednak III (Phoenix) and Joseph Guardiola (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for a cooled chemical cabinet include a cooling duct configured to cool a heatsink coupled to a thermoelectric module (TEM). The cooling duct includes a fan configured to pull air into an inlet duct and onto the heatsink. The air pulled in by the fan absorbs the heat from the heatsink. The cooling duct further includes an exhaust duct connected to the fan and confi...