ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,203, issued on May 12, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic system including a magnetoresistive element disposed on an inclined surface" was invented by Hidekazu Kojima (Tokyo), Keita Kawamori (Tokyo), Hiromichi Umehara (Tokyo) and Yoshitaka Sasaki (Uniondale, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes a substrate having a reference plane, a support member having an inclined surface, and a magnetoresistive element disposed on the inclined surface. The magnetoresistive element has a bottom surface, a top surface, and a first side surface and a second side surface connecting the bottom surface and the top sur...