ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,739, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Method for manufacturing a high strength steel product and steel product thereby obtained" was invented by Artem Arlazarov (Blenod les Pont-a-Mousson, France) and Kangying Zhu (Metz, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a steel product includes providing a heated steel starting product at a temperature between 380deg C. and 700deg C., with a composition comprising, in percent by weight: 0.15%less than equal toCless than equal to0.40%, 1.5%less than equal toMnless than equal to4.0%, 0.5%less than equal toSiless than equal to2.5%, 0.005%les...