US Patent Issued to ArcelorMittal on May 12 for "Metal powder for additive manufacturing" (Spanish, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,432, issued on May 12, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Metal powder for additive manufacturing" was invented by Manuel Sanchez Poncela (Aviles, Spain), Nele Van Steenberge (Ghent, Belgium), Florencia Gatti (Aviles, Spain) and Sandra Rodriguez (Aviles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal powder having a composition including the following elements, expressed in content by weight: 6.5%less than equal toSiless than equal to10%, 4.5%less than equal toNbless than equal to10%, 0.2%less than equal toBless than equal to2.0%, 0.2%less than equal toCuless than equal to2.0%, Cless than equal to2% and optionally containing N...