ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,841, issued on April 22, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"Synaptic chain comprising spintronic resonators based on the spin diode effect, and neural network comprising such a synaptic chain" was invented by Julie Grollier (Palaiseau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a synaptic chain of neural networks, the synaptic chain comprising synapses, each synapse being a spintronic resonator, the spintronic resonators being electrically connected in series by a transmission line and being alternately connected."

The patent was filed on July 26,...