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University of Kentucky Research Foundation Assigned Patent(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 26 -- The University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, Ky., has been assigned a patent (8,357,309) developed by five co-inventors for a "class of ferromagnetic semiconductors." The co-inventors are Larysa Shlyk, Lexington, Ky., Sergly Alexandrovich Kryukov, Lexington, Ky., Lance Eric De Long, Lexington, Ky., Barbara Schupp-Niewa, Hallbergmoos, Germany, and Rainer Niewa, Hallbergmoos, Germany. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Single crystal and polycrystal oxoruthenates having the generalized compositions (Ba.sub.z,Sr.sub.1-z)Fe.sub.xCo.sub.yRu.sub.6-(x+y)O.sub.11 (1.ltoreq.(x+y).ltoreq.5; 0.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.1) and (Ba,Sr)M.sub.2.+-.xRu.sub.4.-+.xO.sub.11 (M=Fe,Co) belong to a novel class of ferromagnetic semiconductors with applications in spin-based field effect transistors, spin-based light emitting diodes, and magnetic random access memories." The patent application was filed on April 3, 2008 (12/062,076). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,357,309&OS=8,357,309&RS=8,357,309 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. AS0126AK0126-834607 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |