ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,132, issued on May 26, was assigned to OXFORD NANOSCIENCE Ltd. (Abingdon, Great Britain).

"Cryogenic cooling system and an insert therefor" was invented by Anthony Matthews (Oxfordshire, Great Britain), Timothy Poole (Oxfordshire, Great Britain) and Chris Wilkinson (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic cooling system is provided comprising a primary insert (118) and a demountable secondary insert (128). The primary insert (118) comprises a plurality of primary plates (111, 112), each primary plate having a primary contact surface, and one or more primary connecting members (117) arranged so as to conne...