ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,907, issued on May 19, was assigned to Proterial Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Production method of alloy member, alloy member, and product using alloy member" was invented by Kousuke Kuwabara (Tokyo) and Shuho Koseki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A production method for an alloy member having mainly high hardness and high resistance to corrosion and produced by an additive manufacturing method, the alloy member, and a product using the alloy member are provided. The production method of an alloy member includes: an additive manufacturing step of forming a shaped member through an additive manufacturing method using an alloy powder containin...