ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,162, issued on March 24, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Enhanced fluid replacement structures for use in immersion cooling tanks" was invented by Nicholas Andrew Keehn (Kirkland, Wash.), Husam Atallah Alissa (Redmond, Wash.), Bharath Ramakrishnan (Bellevue, Wash.), Martha Geoghegan Peterson (Woodinville, Wash.) and Eric Clarence Peterson (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluid replacement structures used in immersion cooling tanks can include various enhancements to make them functional beyond simply taking up space. For example, the density of fluid replacement structures can ...