ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,972, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Heterogeneously integrated liquid electrolyte powered processor" was invented by Vaidehi Oruganti (Kirkland, Wash.), Bharath Ramakrishnan (Bellevue, Wash.), Husam Atallah Alissa (Redmond, Wash.) and Christian L. Belady (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing unit includes a substrate, an electrical load, and a microfluidic volume. The electrical load is supported by the first surface of the substrate, and the microfluidic volume is positioned in the second surface of the substrate. The processing unit includes a fir...