ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,125, issued on May 5, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Soft magnetic alloy powder, magnetic core, magnetic component and electronic device" was invented by Yoshiki Kajiura (Tokyo), Akito Hasegawa (Tokyo), Kazuhiro Yoshidome (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Matsumoto (Tokyo) and Hironobu Kumaoka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft magnetic alloy powder has a specific composition in which a Co content is large. A soft magnetic alloy powder has a glass transition point Tg and a melting point Tm, 900deg C.less than equal toTmless than equal to1200deg C. is satisfied, or when coercivity when applying a pressure XP to a soft magnetic alloy powd...