ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,951, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (France).

"Method for manufacturing a spintronic device comprising a thick active magnetic layer" was invented by Bernard Dieny (Grenoble, France) and Ioan-Lucian Prejbeanu (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a spintronic device including a non-magnetic spacer, a reference layer and a storage layer including a magnetic pillar, the method including depositing at least one sacrificial layer; forming at least one flared cavity, trave...