ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,239, issued on July 7, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea), KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea) and Seoul National University R&DB Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Chiral magnetic nanocoil and synthesis methods thereof" was invented by Young Keun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yoo Sang Jeon (Seoul, South Korea), Eunjin Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Jong Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), Ki Tae Nam (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Won Im (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a technique for synthesizing chiral magnetic nanocoils using an ...