ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,813, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic domain wall motion element and magnetic array" was invented by Toshiki Gushi (Tokyo), Shogo Yamada (Tokyo) and Tomoyuki Sasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic domain wall motion element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, in-plane wiring, and first, second and third via wirings. A position of the in-plane wiring in a stacking direction is different from that of the first ferromagnetic layer. The first via wiring connects the first ferromagnetic layer and in-plane wiring. The second via wiring is connected to the in-plane wiring at a different positi...