ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,451, issued on March 11, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Magnetic element and flat panel display device comprising same" was invented by Taek Hoon Nam (Seoul, South Korea), Yu Seon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Seok Bae (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a core part; a coil part having one or more coils which are wound around the midfoot of the core part and which have two ends; and a base which is arranged beneath the coil part and which supports at least a part of the outer circumferential surface of each of the on...