ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,867, issued on March 17, was assigned to VICTORIA LINK Ltd. TRADING AS WELLINGTON UNIVENTURES (Wellington, New Zealand).
"Switchable magnetic device or dot for data storage" was invented by Harry Joseph Trodahl (Wellington, New Zealand), William Freeman Holmes-Hewett (Wellington, New Zealand), Jackson David Miller (Wellington, New Zealand), Catherine Margaret Walker Pot (Wellington, New Zealand), Benjamin John Ruck (Lower Hutt, New Zealand) and Eva-Maria Johanna Anton (Lincoln, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switchable magnetic device comprising a first ferromagnetic material or layer comprising or consisting of a firs...