ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,583, issued on July 28, was assigned to HYUNDAI BNG STEEL Co. LTD. (Changwon-si, South Korea) and HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY (Incheon, South Korea).

"Stainless steel for polymer fuel cell separator and method of manufacturing the stainless steel" was invented by Sang Kyu Choi (Changwon-si, South Korea), Sang Heon Cho (Changwon-si, South Korea), Jun Hee Lim (Changwon-si, South Korea), Sung Moon Kim (Changwon-si, South Korea), Kyung Soo Choi (Daegu, South Korea), Yeon Soo Jeong (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Jae Ho Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyun Uk Im (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are stainless steel for a...