ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,615, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ROGERS Corp. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"High thermal conductivity phase change composite" was invented by Wei Wang (Waltham, Mass.), Eui Kyoon Kim (Acton, Mass.), Randall Erb (Newton, Mass.) and Rasam Soheilian (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, a layered phase change composite comprises a phase change layer comprising a phase change material, a plurality of boron nitride particles, and a binder; and a first capping layer and a second capping layer located on opposing sides of the phase change layer. In another aspect, a method of making the layered phase change composite...