ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,939, issued on April 7, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Dilution refrigeration device and method" was invented by Olivier Guia (Sassenage, France) and Marc Stora (Sassenage, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a dilution refrigeration device comprising a working circuit, a mixing chamber, a still and a transfer component, a circuit configured to connect an outlet of the mixing chamber to an inlet of the still and an outlet of the still to an inlet of the transfer component, the circuit also being configured to connect an outlet of the tr...