ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,672, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY (Changsha, China).
"Method for preparing nano-phase reinforced nickel-based high-temperature alloy using micron ceramic particles" was invented by Zuming Liu (Changsha, China), Bing Wei (Changsha, China), Bizhong Nong (Changsha, China), Xueqian Lv (Changsha, China), Yake Ren (Changsha, China), Bin Cao (Changsha, China) and Yongkang Ai (Changsha, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a nano-phase strengthened nickel-based superalloy using micron-scale ceramic particles is provided. In the method, a nickel-based superalloy is used as a matrix, and on...