ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,125, issued on June 23, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Coil, planar coil and method for making coil" was invented by Sang-jun Mo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seong-Woo Woo (Gwangju-si, South Korea) and Jinwook Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a coil, a planar coil, and a method for making a coil. Specifically, according to an embodiment of the disclosure, a coil includes: main coil surfaces which are opposite each other and are substantially planar; and a multilayer film which is wound to form a plurality of loops which are substantially concentric...