US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on May 12 for "Iron alloy particle and method for producing iron alloy particle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,430, issued on May 12, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Iron alloy particle and method for producing iron alloy particle" was invented by Manabu Nakano (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The iron alloy particle is a particle including an iron alloy. The particle includes multiple mixed-phase particles, each including nanocrystals of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less (i.e., from 10 nm to 100 nm) in crystallite size and an amorphous phase; and a grain boundary layer between the mixed-phase particles. Also, the iron alloy has a composition containing Fe, Si, P, B, C, and Cu."

The patent was...