ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,118, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Soft magnetic powder and method for manufacturing the same, coil component including soft magnetic powder, and method for manufacturing magnetic material including soft magnetic powder" was invented by Yuya Ishida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft magnetic powder including a core containing a soft magnetic metal material and an insulating film covering the surface of the core. The insulating film contains an insulating metal oxide and an iron component, and the iron component is embedded in the insulating film."

The paten...