ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,557, issued on June 3, was assigned to OXFORD INSTRUMENTS NANOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS Ltd. (Oxon, Great Britain).

"Cryogenic cooling system" was invented by Linshu Jiang (Abingon, Great Britain), Robin Brzakalik (Abingdon, Great Britain), Chris Wilkinson (Abingdon, Great Britain), Anthony Matthews (Abingdon, Great Britain), Matthew Martin (Abingdon, Great Britain), Timothy Poole (Abingdon, Great Britain) and Timothy Foster (Abingdon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic cooling system is provided comprising a cryogenic refrigerator assembly and two or more connected modules. The cryogenic refrigerator assembly comprises o...