ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,428, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SUMIDA Corp. (Japan) and Kyoto University (Japan).

"Magnetic field measurement apparatus and magnetic field measurement method" was invented by Shingo Hamada (Natori, Japan), Tsutomu Otsuka (Natori, Japan), Yoshiharu Yoshii (Natori, Japan), Norikazu Mizuochi (Kyoto, Japan) and Yuki Takemura (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-frequency magnetic field generator 2 applies microwave to a magnetic resonance member 1 capable of an electron spin quantum operation using the microwave. A magnet 3 applies a static magnetic field to the magnetic resonance member 1. An irradiating device 12 ...