US Patent Issued to Lyten on June 30 for "Using pelletized metal-decorated materials in an induction melting furnace" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,865, issued on June 30, was assigned to Lyten Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Using pelletized metal-decorated materials in an induction melting furnace" was invented by Michael Stowell (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Lauren Sienko (Champaign, Ill.) and Daniel Jacobson (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal(s) (including various alloys, such as INCONEL(R) superalloys) are characterized by having carbon disposed within the metal lattice structure thereof. The carbon is primarily, or entirely, present at interstitial sites of the metal lattice, and may be present in amounts ranging from about 1.5 wt % to about 90 wt %. Carbon may be pres...