ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,023, issued on March 3, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Modular cooling farm for cryogenic application" was invented by Patryk Gumann (Tarrytown, N.Y.), William Thomas Spratt (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.), Stephen W. Bedell (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), Gilbert Bauer (Peekskill, N.Y.) and David Zarsky (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and/or methods provided herein relate to cooling of a component within a chamber of a cryostat. A system can comprise a cryostat having a cooling plate disposed within the cryostat, and a cooling feed line extending into the cryostat from external to th...