ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,701, issued on May 26, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) and RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Alloy powder and preparation method therefor" was invented by Byungsung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seongsoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Inhwan Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Dongmok Whang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alloy powder preparation method according to an embodiment comprises the steps of: forming a mixture by mixing a plurality of metal compounds; and thermally treating the mixture, wherein, in the step of thermally treating the...