ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,740, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Hot rolled and steel sheet and a method of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Dorien De Knijf (Denderhoutem Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium), Lode Duprez (Gentbrugge, Belgium), Koenraad Theuwissen (Berchem, Belgium) and Tom Waterschoot (Lokeren, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hot rolled steel sheet having a composition including the following elements, 0.18%less than equal toCarbonless than equal to0.3%, 1.8%less than equal toManganeseless than equal to4.5%. 0.8%less than equal toSiliconless than equal to2%, 0 001%less than equal toAluminumless than equal to0...