ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,891, issued on April 21, was assigned to CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY (Hunan, China).

"Oxide dispersion-strengthened iron-based alloy powder and characterization method thereof" was invented by Zuming Liu (Hunan, China), Quan Li (Hunan, China), Boyun Huang (Hunan, China), Xueqian Lv (Hunan, China), Kai Peng (Hunan, China) and Fan Zhao (Hunan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A characterization method of an oxide dispersion-strengthened (ODS) iron-based alloy powder is provided. The characterization method comprises separating the strengthening phases from the powder matrix through electrolysis, and analyzing and characterizing the s...