ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,608, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Nanogranular magnetic film and electronic component" was invented by Hajime Amano (Tokyo), Kensuke Ara (Tokyo) and Kazuhiro Yoshidome (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanogranular magnetic film includes first phases comprised of nano-domains dispersed in a second phase. The first phases include Fe and Co. The second phase includes at least one selected from the group consisting of O, N, and F. A CV of Fe/(Fe+Co) of grids is 0.150 or more and 0.500 or less, provided that a measurement range is determined in the nanogranular magnetic film, the measurement range is div...