ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,552, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Galvanized steel sheet with excellent surface quality and electrical resistance spot weldability and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Ki-Cheol Kang (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Yong-Joo Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Tae-Chul Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Myung-Soo Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea) and Jong-Sang Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a high-strength hot-dipped galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface quality and spot weldability and a method for manufacturing s...