ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,662, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Active metal brazing paste composition, brazing paste, and method for brazing ceramics and metals" was invented by Wei Zhou (Shenzhen, China), Yiming Zhu (Shenzhen, China), Qiang Xu (Shenzhen, China), Wenyan Zhao (Shenzhen, China) and Xiayang Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an active metal brazing paste composition, a brazing paste and a method for brazing ceramics and metals. The composition includes a binder and metal powder. The metal powder includes active metal brazing powder and brazing-aid metal powder. The brazing-aid met...