ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,114, issued on June 23, was assigned to Montana Instruments Corp. (Bozemn, Mont.).

"Cryogenic analytical systems and methods" was invented by Josh Doherty (Bozeman, Mont.), William Baker (Broomfield, Colo.) and Anjan Reijnders (Groton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cryogenic analytical systems are provided that can include: a cryogenic fluid source; one or more analysis components; at least one cryogenic thermal conduit operably coupled between the cryogenic fluid source and the one or more analysis components; and a pressure control component operably engaged with the cryofluid source. Methods for performing cryogenic analysi...