ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,579, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PARAGRAF Ltd. (Somersham, Great Britain).

"Graphene transducer" was invented by Phillip David Biddulph (Somersham, Great Britain), Alexander David Lambert (Somersham, Great Britain) and Benjamin Scarrow (Somersham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transducer comprising a primary element comprising a magnet configured to provide a magnetic field within a magnetic zone, the magnetic field extending in a magnetic field direction; a secondary element comprising a first graphene sheet located within the magnetic zone; a static portion; and a rotating portion configured to rotate about ...