US Patent Issued to MATRIX CELL RESEARCH INSTITUTE on July 15 for "Magnetic marker set and method of arranging magnetic marker" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,417, issued on July 15, was assigned to MATRIX CELL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Magnetic marker set and method of arranging magnetic marker" was invented by Moriaki Kusakabe (Ibaraki, Japan), Naoki Matsumoto (Tochigi, Japan), Akio Ota (Tochigi, Japan) and Masaki Sekino (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic marker set includes: a magnetic marker including a first rod and a second rod each formed of a stick-shaped ferromagnetic substance, and a stick-shaped third rod; and a needle with a hole in a longitudinal direction thereof. The magnetic marker includes a first connecting portion at which one longitudinal ...