US Patent Issued to Kioxia on Nov. 4 for "Magnetic memory" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,733, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic memory" was invented by Naoharu Shimomura (Tokyo), Tsuyoshi Kondo (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshihiro Ueda (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Yasuaki Ootera (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Akihito Yamamoto (Naka Kanagawa, Japan), Mutsumi Okajima (Yokkaichi Mie, Japan), Masaki Kado (Kamakura Kanagawa, Japan), Tsutomu Nakanishi (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Nobuyuki Umetsu (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan) and Michael Arnaud Quinsat (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic memory includes first magnetic members extending along a first direction. First and se...