ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,955, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Everspin Technologies Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Magnetoresistive stack and methods therefor" was invented by Renu Whig (Chandler, Ariz.), Sumio Ikegawa (Phoenix), Jon Slaughter (Slingerlands, N.Y.), Michael Tran (San Jose, Calif.), Jacob Wang Chenchen (Singapore) and Ganesh Kolliyil Rajan (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetoresistive device includes a magnetically fixed region and a magnetically free region positioned on opposite sides of a tunnel barrier region. One or more transition regions, including at least a first transition region and second transition region, is positione...