ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,889, issued on June 10, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Hot rolled steel sheet and a method of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Sujay Sarkar (Metz, France), Xavier Bano (Istres, France), Guillaume Marcireau (Istres, France) and Blandine Oehler (Pont-a-Mousson, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hot rolled steel sheet having a composition including the elements, expressed in percentage by weight 0.11%less than equal toCarbonless than equal to0.16%, 1%less than equal toManganeseless than equal to2%, 0.1%less than equal toSiliconless than equal to0.7%, 0 02%less than equal toAluminumless than equal to0.1%, 0.15%l...