ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,958, issued on July 21, was assigned to TOKIN Corp. (Shiroishi, Japan).

"Rare-earth cobalt permanent magnet, manufacturing method therefor, and device" was invented by Hiroaki Machida (Shiroishi, Japan), Teruhiko Fujiwara (Shiroishi, Japan), Hirokazu Makuta (Shiroishi, Japan), Chieko Fujimoto (Shiroishi, Japan) and Yu Kanamori (Shiroishi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rare-earth cobalt permanent magnet having excellent magnetic characteristics, a method for manufacturing such a rare-earth cobalt permanent magnet, and a device including such a rare-earth cobalt permanent magnet are provided. A rare-earth cobalt permanent magn...