ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,519, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Imperial College Innovations Ltd. (London).
"Magnetic media" was invented by Kilian James Darrie Stenning (London), Xiaofei Xiao (London), Holly Holder (London), Jack Carter Gartside (London), Rupert Francis Maximillian Oulton (London) and William Richard Branford (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic medium is described which includes a thin film magnet structure formed of a ferromagnetic alloy or compound. The thin film magnet structure includes one or more ferromagnetic domains and is coupled to one or more optical structures. Each of the one or more ferromagnetic domains have a ...