ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,091, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Ferric Inc. (New York).

"Ferromagnetic-polymer composite material and structures comprising same" was invented by Noah Sturcken (New York), Michael Lekas (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Ryan Davies (New York), Denis Shishkov (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Matthew Cavallaro (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ferromagnetic-polymer composite material comprises a polymer and a plurality of ferromagnetic film platelets disposed in the polymer. Each ferromagnetic film platelet comprises first and second insulator layers and a ferromagnetic layer disposed between the first and second insulator layers. The ferromagnet...