ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,298, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NANJING IRON & STEEL Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Stainless steel composite plate for weathering steel bridge having low yield ratio and preparation method thereof" was invented by Mingliang Qiao (Jiangsu, China), Zhouyu Zeng (Jiangsu, China), Shan Jiang (Jiangsu, China), Guanglei Wang (Jiangsu, China), Jun Dang (Jiangsu, China) and Donghui Li (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in the present disclosure is a stainless steel composite plate for a weathering steel bridge having a low yield ratio, comprising a base material and a covering material which satisfy that an atmosph...