ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,014, issued on June 2, was assigned to Nihon Parkerizing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Aichi, Japan).

"Rust-preventive composition and automobile component" was invented by Yoshihiro Uehara (Tokyo), Yuya Hasebe (Tokyo), Yoshisuke Mimata (Tokyo), Toshihisa Kataoka (Tokyo), Takahisa Sudou (Toyota, Japan) and Masahiro Nakamura (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a rust-preventive composition showing excellent rust-preventive performance for plate joining parts such as doors of automotive bodies, the composition having sufficient corrosion resistance and being capable of preventing dripping from automotiv...