ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,837, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Method for characterizing magnetic device" was invented by I Cheng Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Tsann Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for characterizing magnetic properties of a target layer, including providing a first sample having a first structure, providing a second sample having a target layer over the first structure, obtaining a first magnetic property of the first sample, obtaining a second magnetic property of the second sample, and deriving a third magnetic pr...