ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,719, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Metal material printing equipment and printing method, and printed metal material obtained therefrom" was invented by Sun-Hong Park (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Jin-Tae Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to printing equipment for printing images such as letters, pictures and the like on the surface of metal such as a steel plate, that may stably print images on the surface of metal at high speed, a printing method using the same, and a printed metal material obtained therefrom."

The patent was fil...