ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,379, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Neuron and neuromorphic system including the neuron" was invented by Jea Gun Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jong Ung Baek (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a neuron and a neuromorphic system including the same. The neuron according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a two-terminal spin device for performing integration and fire, and the two-terminal spin device is formed to have a negative differential resistance (NDR) regi...