ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,830, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TOKIN Corp. (Miyagi, Japan).

"Composite magnetic material, electrical and electronic device, and method of manufacturing composite magnetic material" was invented by Tetsuo Ito (Sendai, Japan) and Masakazu Abe (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite magnetic material comprises spherical soft magnetic metal powder incorporated in the composite magnetic material in a dispersed manner, a flame retardant incorporated in the composite magnetic material in a dispersed manner; and a binder configured to bind the soft magnetic metal powder and the flame retardant. The composite magnet...