ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,862, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MultiDimension Technology Co. Ltd. (Zhangjiagang, China).

"Laser writing apparatus and method for programming magnetoresistive devices" was invented by James Geza Deak (Zhangjiagang, China) and Zhimin Zhou (Zhangjiagang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser-programmable magnetoresistive device includes a substrate, a magnetoresistive sensor, and a thermal control layer sequentially arranged in a stacked manner. A non-magnetic insulating layer for electrical isolation is provided between the magnetoresistive sensor and the thermal control layer. The magnetoresistive sensor is composed of...