US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES on March 4 for "Micro-electromechanical device having a soft magnetic material electrolessly deposited on a palladium layer coated metal beam" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,753, issued on March 4, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Micro-electromechanical device having a soft magnetic material electrolessly deposited on a palladium layer coated metal beam" was invented by William J. Gallagher (Ardsley, N.Y.), Eugene J. O'Sullivan (Nyack, N.Y.) and Naigang Wang (Ossining, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro-electromechanical device and method of manufacture are disclosed. A sacrificial layer is formed on a silicon substrate. A metal layer is formed on a top surface of the sacrificial layer. Soft magnetic material is electrolessly deposited on the metal layer to...