US Patent Issued to Western Digital Technologies on April 14 for "Sensitivity amplification techniques for magnetochemical sensors" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,672, issued on April 14, was assigned to Western Digital Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Sensitivity amplification techniques for magnetochemical sensors" was invented by Daniel Bedau (San Jose, Calif.) and Alexander Elias (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a fluid region. A device may also include a magnetochemical sensor for detecting magnetic particles in the fluid region, wherein the magnetochemical sensor comprises: a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer situated between and coupled to the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic laye...