ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,693, issued on April 29, was assigned to HYPERION MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGIES (SWEDEN) AB (Stockholm).
"Cemented carbide for high demand applications" was invented by Olivier Lavigne (Barcelona, Spain) and Olivier Ther (Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a corrosion and erosion resistant cemented carbide for high demand including, for example, oil and gas flow applications. The cemented carbide grade may include, for example, including the following constituents Co, Ni, Cr, Mo and WC. The binder phase content of the cemented carbide is between 5.1 to 7.5 wt %. The wt % of Co in the cemented carbi...