ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,116, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Chemische Fabrik Budenheim KG (Budenheim, Germany).

"Phosphate-containing anti-corrosive pigment" was invented by Sven Bach (Hohenstein, Germany), Laura Erbach (Argenschwang, Germany), Birgit FaBbender (Mainz, Germany), Thomas Futterer (Ingelheim, Germany), David Garcia Martinez (Saragossa, Spain), Christian Litterscheid (Ober-Olm, Germany), Stefan Mallmann (Heidesheim, Germany), Siegfried Mengel (Frei-Laubersheim, Germany), Sebastian Moschel (GroB-Gerau, Germany), Mikel Scholler (Bingen, Germany), Hendrik Wermter (Eltville, Germany) and Rudiger Wissemborski (Neuruppin, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Tr...