ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,963, issued on July 22, was assigned to ADVANCED ALLOY HOLDINGS PTY LTD (Freshwater, Australia).
"Copper alloys" was invented by Kevin James Laws (Freshwater, Australia), Peter Tyrrell Nicholson (Freshwater, Australia), Patrick Lars Joseph Conway (Freshwater, Australia), Lori Cheryl Bassman (Freshwater, Australia) and Warren Richard McKenzie (Freshwater, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alloy comprising or consisting of 40 to 62.5 atomic percent copper, 5 to 40 atomic percent manganese, up to 24 atomic percent nickel, 5 to 24 atomic percent zinc, and 1 to 15 atomic percent aluminium."
The patent was filed on Oct. 2, 2020,...