ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,412, issued on April 7, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Dynamic exhaust port mechanisms for computer systems" was invented by Arunpandi Radhakrishnan (Bangalore, India), Bijendra Singh (Bangalore, India), Samarth Alva (Bangalore, India) and Raghavendra S. Kanivihalli (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a computer system (e.g., a notebook computer) includes a lid with a display and a base coupled to the lid at one end of the base. The base defines one or more openings proximate to the end at which the lid is coupled to the base, and the computer system further includes a solid panel ...