US Patent Issued to POSCO on July 7 for "Steel material having excellent hydrogen induced cracking resistance, and manufacturing method therefor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,219, issued on July 7, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Steel material having excellent hydrogen induced cracking resistance, and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Dae-Woo Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a steel material for a pressure vessel, which is used in a hydrogen sulfide atmosphere, and, more specifically, to a steel material having excellent hydrogen induced cracking (HIC) resistance, and a manufacturing method therefor."

The patent was filed on Nov. 19, 2019, under Application No. 17/297,834.

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