ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,243, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for magnetic pumping in thermal management devices" was invented by Ruslan Nagimov (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a thermal interface configured to receive heat from a heat-generating electronic component. A device may include an electrically conductive working fluid in contact with the thermal interface to receive heat from the thermal interface. A device may include a magnetic pump configured to apply a magnetic field and an electrical current to the electrically conductive working f...