US Patent Issued to Novelis on Sept. 29 for "Metal alloy surface modification methods and related metal alloy products with improved bond durability" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,619, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Novelis Inc. (Atlanta).

"Metal alloy surface modification methods and related metal alloy products with improved bond durability" was invented by Alp Manavbasi (Kennesaw, Ga.), Stephen Buckingham (Decatur, Ga.), Brian Matthew Walczak (Acworth, Ga.), Thomas Beck (Marietta, Ga.), Theresa Elizabeth MacFarlane (Woodstock, Ga.), Lasitha Cumaranatunge (Atlanta), Samuel Robert Wagstaff (Marietta, Ga.) and John Min Ho (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are methods of treating surfaces of metal alloy substrates and associated metal alloy products. The methods may include providing...