ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,322, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Yanshan University (Qinhuangdao, China).

"Preparation method for anisotropic Nd 2 Fe 14 Beta/Alpha-Fe bulk nanocrystalline composite permanent magnet material" was invented by Xiaohong Li (Qinhuangdao, China), Jinyi Wang (Qinhuangdao, China), Jianyuan Kou (Qinhuangdao, China), Peng Chen (Qinhuangdao, China), Yan Zheng (Qinhuangdao, China), Li Lou (Qinhuangdao, China) and Xiangyi Zhang (Qinhuangdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in the present invention is a preparation method for an anisotropic Nd2Fe14B/Alpha-Fe bulk nanocrystalline composite permanent magnet material. The prepar...