US Patent Issued to Novelis on March 17 for "Aluminum alloy articles exhibiting improved bond durability and methods of making the same" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,679, issued on March 17, was assigned to Novelis Inc. (Atlanta).

"Aluminum alloy articles exhibiting improved bond durability and methods of making the same" was invented by Emanuel Beck (Miege, Switzerland), Alexandre Durussel (Chavannes-pres-Renens, Switzerland), Xavier Varone (Champlan, Switzerland), Mario A. Salgado-Ordorica (Sion, Switzerland), Joerg Simon (Varen, Switzerland), Guillaume Florey (Veyras, Switzerland), Michele Edith Berner (Sion, Switzerland), Corrado Bassi (Salgesch, Switzerland), Cyrille Bezencon (Chermignon d'en-bas, Switzerland), Mathilde Guerin (Sierre, Switzerland) and Alejandro Puig (Sierre, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S....